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Macedonian Bronze Coin of Alexander the Great, AE16 Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre AD 1000   item# 638798  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  Beginning with campaigns in 334 B.C., Alexander III of Macedonia embarked on a series of conquests that lasted a decade and resulted in an empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and India. Although his death in 324 was followed shortly thereafter by the splintering of his empire into smaller kingdoms ruled by his generals (such as the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt), Alexander's legacy was a spread of Hellenistic thinking into the Eastern world. His conquests laid the groundwork for the R ...click for details Egyptian Bronze Coin of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000   item# 638443  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  This large (30mm) bronze coin dates to the co-rule of Ptolemy VI Philometor with his sister (and wife), Cleopatra II, between 176-145 B.C. Ptolemy VI had an eventful reign marked by the increasing influence of Rome in Egyptian politics. From 169-164 B.C., Ptolemy VI ruled as part of a triumvirate composed of himself, his sister/wife, and his younger brother, Ptolemy VIII Physcon. Infighting between the siblings led to Ptolemy VI's temporary expulsion from Egypt in 164, leading him to go to R ...click for details Thracian Coin: Chersonese Silver Half Drachm with Lion Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Pre AD 1000   item# 489021  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The Thracians inhabited what is today Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and parts of Turkey. Herodotus referred to them as one of the most numerous and powerful civilizations in the world, and they would have been considerably more threatening to the Greeks had they been a united people. However, the Thracians were splintered into many tribes that only occasionally formed short-lived, dominant states. Accordingly, they were largely overlooked by historians for centuries, although recent findings of ...click for details Thracian Coin: Chersonese Silver Half Drachm Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 410273  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The Thracians inhabited what is today Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and parts of Turkey. Herodotus referred to them as one of the most numerous and powerful civilizations in the world, and they would have been considerably more threatening to the Greeks had they been a united people. However, the Thracians were splintered into many tribes that only occasionally formed short-lived, dominant states. Accordingly, they were largely overlooked by historians for centuries, although recent findings of ...click for details Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 408018  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The lekythos is a form of Greek pottery that was used as a personal container for oils or perfumes. The Greeks used olive oil for personal hygeine -- after hard exercise at the gymnasium, a wealthy man would pour a thin layer of oil on his skin and scrape it and the sweat off with a curved piece of metal called a strigil. This would remove the oil and the sweat, leaving the man (relatively) clean and moisturized. While ornate lekythos are commonly found as funerary objects, the small, portable s ...click for details Choice Greek Gnathian Olpe / Mug Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 380010 (stock# 2005007)  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The Greek system of inheritance that passed all wealth to the oldest son was the driving force behind hundreds of years of Greek colonization. Sons without inheritances were forced to seek their riches through trade and ingenuity, and Greek merchants spread across the Mediterranean in search of wealth. Some of the most successful colonies and trading posts sprang up in Magna Graecia, the pre-Roman name for Southern Italy. Among these were the colonies of Apulia, for whom the creation and export ...click for details Rare Greek Coin of Kassander, AE 18 Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 266677  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  Kassander, who reigned from 319-305 B.C., was the son of Antipater. Antipater had been left in charge of Macedon while Alexander the Great left on conquests, but he barely outlived Alexander and died in 319 B.C. He was succeeded by his son Kassander, who was infamous for his cruelty. In 311 B.C., Kassander executed Alexander's widow Roxana and his young son, Alexander IV to secure his rule over the country. In 309, he declared himself king, but Macedon's power had already faded with the ...click for details Nice Greek Coin AE 18 - Philip II , Father of Alexander Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 266668  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  Phillip II of Macedon (359-336 B.C.) was the father of Alexander the Great, whose exploits were only possible due to the strong reign of his father. Phillip made massive reorganizations and innovations to the Macedonian infantry; he reinvented the army as a fast, lightly armored infantry that could break through enemy lines and create a gap for the elite Macedonian cavalry to break through. In conjunction with the weakening of the Greek city-states after centuries of war within between the city- ...click for details Cute Greek Apulian Blackware Salt Dish Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 258570  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  This very choice salt dish comes from Apulia, a region of Greek colonies in Southern Italy that are widely known for pottery production. This blackware dish was used for serving salt with meals. Salt was the only spice that even approached common availability in the ancient world and was widely used. Dinner guests would simply take a pinch of salt from this open vessel and season to their tastes. AGE: 400-350 B.C. ...click for details Nice Greek Gnathian Oinochoe Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 178633  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The Greek system of inheritance that passed all wealth to the oldest son was the driving force behind hundreds of years of Greek colonization. Sons without inheritances were forced to seek their riches through trade and ingenuity, and Greek merchants spread across the Mediterranean in search of wealth. Some of the most successful colonies and trading posts sprang up in Magna Graecia, the pre-Roman name for Southern Italy. Among these were the colonies of Apulia, for whom the creation and export ...click for details Great Greek Gnathian Skyphos Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 178632  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The Greek system of inheritance that passed all wealth to the oldest son was the driving force behind hundreds of years of Greek colonization. Sons without inheritances were forced to seek their riches through trade and ingenuity, and Greek merchants spread across the Mediterranean in search of wealth. Some of the most successful colonies and trading posts sprang up in Magna Graecia, the pre-Roman name for Southern Italy. Among these were the colonies of Apulia, for whom the creation and export ...click for details Stunning Greek Bail Amphora from Campania Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 171785  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The system of Greek inheritance that passed all wealth and possessions to the oldest son was a driving force behind Greek colonization for centuries. For many, the only chance at wealth and success lie in the outside world, and Greek trading colonies sprang up around the Mediterranean as a result. One early trading colony was Campania in Italy, founded in the 7th Century B.C. Called Posiedonia by the Greeks, this colony formed a larger area known as Magna Graecia to future historians. Despite ov ...click for details Gorgeous Greek Corinthian Alabastron Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 167441  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  Ancient Corinth was a Greek city-state in the southern mainland of Greece. While not as prominent a figure in textbooks as Athens or Sparta, Corinth played a major rule in most conflicts in Greek history. Most notably, when Persia attempted to invade Greece in the fifth century B.C., Corinth was chosen as the headquarters of the Hellenic League, an alliance of oftentimes rival Greek city-states formed to resist the invasion. Most importantly, the Corinthians took part in the major battle of Sal ...click for details Rare - Celtic Silver "Drachma" of Alexander Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pre AD 1000   item# 160430 (stock# celt2)  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  An interesting habit of many European Celtic tribes in antiquity was to attempt to imitate or copy the coinage of other empires. This practice may have began in an attempt to make trade easier with a standard currency, or it may have been a form of emulation. Regardless of their motivation, the Danubian Celts to the north of Macedonia were well acquainted with the exploits of Alexander the Great. Beginning with campaigns in 334 B.C., Alexander embarked on a series of conquests that lasted a deca ...click for details Beautiful Ancient Egyptian Alabastron Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000   item# 153968  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  An alabastron is a container for perfumed oil that takes its name from alabaster, the material from which the original Egyptian examples, like this one, were made. Subsequently, the Greeks and Romans adopted the shape and use of the vessel and produced their own from a variety of materials. This is a classic Egyptian alabastron, carved from a single piece of alabaster and unadorned except for a pair of tiny handles to prevent slippage when held. See Sotheby's, New York, 12/10/99, no. 212; an ...click for details pages:  1