This is a wonderful set of three, ancient Greek gold beads, originally from a large, ornate necklace. The beads each depict dual birds' heads facing away from each other.
A wonderful set. These pieces each measure 12 mm in length. They are hollow, sheet gold, perforated twice at the base for mounting on string.
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This is a nice, ancient Daunian pottery vessel handle. A great study piece for the collector or student interested in form and fabric of ancient Italic pottery wares.
The insignia is engraved with a horned beast, perhaps a bull, which could point to this ring being Mithraic.
The ring is intact with an excellent, even, brown-green patina classic of Greek bronze objects. Very desirable and wearable example.
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These pottery sherds comes from a large collection amassed in the early 1960's by an American husband and wife who went on many archaeological digs with Professor Bothmer of the Brooklyn Museum.
These pottery fragments were found at the ancient site of Dilos in the Greek Cyclades. There is a sticker that was attached to one of these pieces which indicates this. ...click for details
