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Roman Bone Statuette of Venus
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Pre AD 1000 item# 934142
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A Roman bone statuette of Venus. Venus was worshipped for centuries by the Romans as the Goddess of gardens and vegetation before she additionally acquired the attributes of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus had many personae including Venus Genetrix [Mother Venus], Venus Felix [Lucky Venus], Venus Victrix [Venus the Victorius] and several others. Roman 3rd-4th century AD. Height [excluding base] 9.5 CM. Deficient as shown.
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Roman Marble Relief Fragment
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Pre AD 1000 item# 702492
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A facing head of a God or a bearded man from a Roman sarcophagus, depicted in high relief with an egg and dart cornice at the top. A little chipping and erosion but the face has a nice presence with virtually no loss, a powerful representation, nicely sculpted. Displays well as it has been in my library for many years. Roman circa 1st century AD. Length 23cm {9”}, height 18cm {7”}. The head is 12.1cm high and 9.5cm wide.
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Ancient Glass Bead
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Pre AD 1000 item# 660911
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A late Hellenistic or early Roman trail decorated glass bead. The body is dark, appearing black, with a delicate pale green trail laid on and dragged into festoons. A superb example in virtually pristine condition, certainly the best of its type in my collection. See Spaer, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum #153. Circa 1st cent. BCE, 1st cent. CE. Length 33mm, diameter 12mm.
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