Greek And Roman Art
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Lot # 1005
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ROMAN BRONZE VASE HANDLE Roman period, c. 1st-3rd century AD. Roman bronze vase handle with phytomorphic decoration on the arched part and frontal female head on the end plate. Dimensions: 81 x 52 mm. Intact and complete, of good craftmanship, with delicate green patina and earthy deposits.
Lot # 1004
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ROMAN PHALLIC AMULET Roman period, c. 1st-3rd century AD. Cast bronze pendant in the form of male genitals with realistic rendered details, surmounted by a suspension loop. Lenght: 32.50 mm. 13.20 g.
Lot # 1003
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ROMAN BONE GODDESS Roman period, c. 1st-3rd century AD. Roman statuette of a female deity in bone. Accurately rendered drapery and hair details. Height: 82 mm. Interesting and rare item.
Lot # 1002
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ANCIENT GOLD EARRING Ancient world, c. 5th century BC - 3rd century AD. Gold earring, made with a wire on which small rings are set. Dimensions: 19x17 mm. Weight: 1.33 g.
Lot # 1001
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SILVER ISIS AND HARPOKRATES Roman period, c. 1st century BC-1st century AD. Silver amulet depicting Isis and her son Harpokrates. Wire fastening was mounted significantly later. Dimensions: 28x35 mm. Interesting and fascinating item. Amulet probably linked to the Greco-Roman mysteries, in which numerous cult figures from antiquity were revived and partly given new meaning.
Lot # 1000
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ANCIENT SILVER FIBULA Celtic (?) culture, c. 2nd century BC-1st century AD. Silver fibula, probably of Celtic production, with flat arch decorated with central dotted rib, tail ending in button. Dimensions: 41x8 mm. Repaired but complete.
Lot # 999
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TWO PARTHIAN ARROWHEADS Ancient Iran, c. 3rd century BC. - 2nd century AD. Lot of two Parthian arrowheads, one with a triangular section, the other lanceolate. Lenght: 28 and 25.5 mm. Intact and complete, with lovely green patina and minor earthy encrustations.
Lot # 998
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SIX ANCIENT WEAPONS 1st millennium BC - 2nd century AD. Lot of six ancient bronze weapons, including five arrowheads and a small blade (?). Lenghts: from 18 to 72 mm. Minor damages.
Lot # 997
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POLIGONAL LEAD WEIGHT Probably Roman Republic, c. 5th-1st century BC. Roman weight of irregular six-sided polygonal shape with three knobs on the surface, one of which may have been truncated in antiquity. 128.00 g. 42.00 mm. Complete and intact. Object with a very unusual shape. The weight of 128 grams corresponds exactly to two and a half ounces on the foot of the Roman pound. The fact that the object has three knobs on its surface, one of which is apparently deliberately truncated, might suggest that these served to indicate its weight.
Lot # 996
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OFFERER HAND WITH PATERA Italic culture, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. Hand of bronze statuette holding a patera or a phiale mesomphalos. Dimensions: 17x13 mm. Rare and interesting item.
Lot # 995
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THUNDERBOLT SLINGSHOT Greek, Hellenistic Period, c. 3rd century BC. Lead slingshot bullet with thunderbolt and D (?). Dimensions: 37 x 21 mm. The representation of the thunderbolt on this slingshot is very similar of the representations on some Magna Graecia and Roman cast coins.
Lot # 994
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LEAD SCALLOP SHELL Greek world, Southern Italy, c. 4th - 2nd century BC. Lead scallop shell, obtained by casting. Natural rendering of details. 55.83 g. 30.50 mm.
Lot # 993
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BLACK GLAZED BOWL Southern Italy, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Black glazed bowl of Italic production with hanging lip and tub with a truncated cone section. Low truncated cone foot. Dimensions: 200 x 51 mm. Broken, with missings. The presence of a less baked circle inside the bowl of black glaze plates and bowls is very common. This is, in fact, the mark left by the spacer disc that was placed between one plate and another in the pile of ceramics to be fired inside the kiln.
Lot # 992
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BLACK GLAZED JUG Southern Italy, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Black glazed jug with round mouth, funnel-shaped neck, slightly compressed ovoid body, slightly concave disc-shaped foot. Foot and external bottom spared from paint. Slightly overlapping ribbon handle. Dimensions: 77x62 mm. Intact and complete, minor damages.
Lot # 991
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BLACK GLAZED OLPE Southern Italy, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Small black glazed olpe in beige clay with short everted lip, funnel-shaped neck, ovoid body and rod-shaped handle on top. Paint present in the upper part of the vase. Dimensions: 112x74 mm. Rare pottery shape. Damages on the surface.
Lot # 990
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BLACK-GLAZED JUG Southern Italy, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Small black-glazed jug with circular mouth, high flared lip, ovoid body and disc-shaped foot, slightly overlapping rod-shaped handle with two peaks on the top. Full black paint with the lower part of the body and the foot spared. Dimensions: 100x69 mm.
Lot # 989
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MAGNA GRECIAN TERRACOTTA APPLIQUE Magna Graecia, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Terracotta applique made from matrix, depicting a female head with a long neck and complex hair. Dimensions: 33.5 x 21 mm.
Lot # 988
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FEMALE TERRACOTTA HEAD South Italian, c. 4th-3rd century BC. Female head in terracotta, resting slightly on one side and with hair gathered in a chignon at the back. Height: 61 mm. Fascinating, of high manufacturing technique. Decoration of the braids made with dot impressions. Part of a medium-sized statuette.
Lot # 987
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LOT OF TWO APULIAN VASES Apulian culture, 4th-3rd century BC. Lot of two Apulian vessels; a light clay single-handled cup with brown glaze decoration in full field in the bowl and banded on the outside and a black glazed cup. Dimensions: 91x37 and 78x53 mm. Intact and complete. Encrustations and damages to the paint. Interesting symbol engraved under the foot of the cup in black paint.
Lot # 986
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GNATHIAN STYLE SMALL OINOCHOE Apulian culture, c. 4th century BC. Small oinochoe in the style of Gnathia, with three-lobed mouth, receding shoulder, ovoid body, low foot. Slightly overlapping rod handle. Decoration overpainted in white and beige, with phytomorphic and geometric motifs. Height: 109 mm.; Width: 67 mm. Intact and complete.
Lot # 985
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ITALIC HALF WALNUT LEAD Italic cultures, Central Italy, 4th century BC. Lead configured in half-nut. Lenght: 29 mm; Weight: 28.48 g. 28.48 g. 29.00 mm. Rare and interesting item.
Lot # 984
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BRONZE VASE HANDLE Italic (?) culture, c. 5th century BC. Bronze vase handle, possibly of Italic manufacture, in the shape of an omega with the terminals shaped like phytomorphic elements. Dimensions: 64x57 mm.
Lot # 983
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BRONZE SPEAR TERMINAL Italic culture, c. 5th century BC Terminal part of a bronze spear, conical in shape, with two holes. Lenght: 88 mm.
Lot # 982
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BRONZE 'PASSAREDINI' OR MACE HEAD Italic culture, c. 6th to 4th century BC. Masculine ring forged from leaded bronze. The circular accessory features a relatively smooth interior surface as well as columns of two spikes surrounding the exterior. Diameter: 34.5 mm. Inner size: 21 mm. Height: 16 mm. AE. Intact and complete. Generally referred to as 'passaredini' and thus related to the equestrian sphere, this type of bronze object apparently has no certain function. Another hypothesis of use sees these objects as belonging to the military or domestic sphere.
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