Rare and extremely delicate! Bronze bracelet from ancient Greece, Ca 700 to 500 BC, with two small and very detailed rams heads at the terminals, body with incised lines down center section. Made for a man, but much more delicate than one normally finds! Measures 2-1/2" D and intact and excellent with lovely green and red patina.
A fine Megarian Greek Bowl, ca. 3rd-2nd century BC. Hemispherical with molded ornamentation including a procession of seven charioteers framed by bands of lines and dots; base with a finely-detailed acanthus leaf rosette with amphorae between leaves. Vessel covered with a rich, reddish-brown glaze. 3-1/2"H x 6"D, repaired from two large sections (could benefit from a touch of expert restoration - email for details). The Megarian bowls were the Greek precursors of the later Roman Arretine and t... Click for details
Imagine the young arm this once adorned! Choice ancient bronze bracelet, most likely from northern Greece / Hallstatt region of Austria, ca 800 to 500 BC. Solid bronze with snake heads at each end, heads well-defined; lovely, deep green patina. 1-7/8" across, in choice condition. Mounted on Lucite stand.
Rare form! Ancient Greek, Campania, southwestern Italy, ca 325 to 300 BC. Small blackware pottery baby feeder with strainer on top, double handle to one side and ribs decorating sides. 2-1/2"H x 3-1/2"L, intact and generally excellent, save small section of tip with restoration. Still a nice rare example!
From ancient Greece, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, ca. 325 BC. Black-glazed pottery vessel with rounded body, long neck and rounded handle. Stamped center is a wonderfully expressive portrait of a lion, with long extended tongue and curly mane. 3-1/2"H x 4-3/8"W (including handle),in generally excellent condition, save minor chipping spout, small section of restoration to foot and scuffing on rim and body. ... Click for details
This ancient guttus ceramic has a low rounded body with a flat, closed top decorated in tondo with a nymph riding on a hippocamp (hippocampi or hippocampus). The foot is in two degrees separated by a moulded ridge and buff ceramic. A straight vertical spout is set on the shoulder with a high arching handle. This calene vase is covered with black gloss with some surface growth. The name "Calene ware" is used for black gloss vases with relief decoration, produced in many places in Southern Italy. ... Click for details
Miniature ancient Greek pottery kylix from the Greek colony of Apulia in Southern Italy. This style of pottery is known as Xenon and is characterized by the orange and reddish pigment on a blackware base. This piece measure 3.75 inches from handle to handle. It is intact and in excellent condition. Dates to circa 375-350 B.C.
This rare piece is made from a red/brown terracotta and has spotty light brown earthern deposits. This piece is a terracotta model of a theatrical mask and dates circa mid 4th century B.C. This superb example is approximately 5.3 inches high by 4.5 inches wide, and this is the normal size for a votive mask of this type. This piece is intact, and is 100% original. There are some spotty dark brown mineral deposits, and some minute stress cracks and pitting which is normally seen on a piece of ... Click for details
Small but lovely and rare! Greece, island of Lesbos. Electrum (mix of gold and silver) coin in hecte denomination, Ca 4th century BC. Obverse, head of Cabeiros, looking right wearing wreathed pileus, star on either side. Reverse, head of Persephone, looking right in linear square. 2.53 grams, 10.5 mm. SNG Cop 321, Bodenstedt 99.
Large and desirable! Odessa Mint, Macedonian King, Alexander III (the Great) posthumous issue, minted between 125 and 70 BC. Obverse features large portrait of Herakles wearing lion skin headdress, reverse with seated Zeus with eagle and scepter. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΝΔΡΟΥ to either side, ΘΕ below eagle, monogram below throne. 31 mm, 16.37 grams. Price 1181. VF. ... Click for details
