Home

Please note that I will be unavailable to answer emails or ship packages from April 8-13.

Assortment of Roman Stone and Glass Game Pieces Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 595654  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  This lot features a small group of Roman-period gaming pieces, including stone and glass examples. Monochrome gaming pieces like these were made in a variety of colors and were very common in Roman times. Simple examples seem to be present among Hellenistic-Roman material at most excavations, sometimes in incredible quantities. For example, around a temple near Sidon that was dedicated to the healing god Echmoun, over 30,000 simple game pieces like these were recovered! One theory is that these ...click for details

Roman Glass Cosmetic or Medicine Jar Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 588852  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of ...click for details

Roman Glass Cosmetic Jar Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 588848  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of ...click for details

Large, Signed Roman Oil Lamp with Sea Urchin Decoration Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 584628  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  This lovely oil lamp features upper and lower shoulders molded in the shape of a sea urchin's exoskeleton (i.e., the urchin's body after the spines have been removed -- see the last enlargement for an example). Seafood formed the bulk of the Roman diet, and urchins were among the items particularly considered to be delicacies. The base of the lamp features an indistinct signature from its maker. The letters "i" and "o" are legible, although much of the rest is lost to ...click for details

Byzantine/Islamic Oil Lamp from the Holy Land Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 579637  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  This is a nice Samaritan lamp that dates to the Byzantine/Islamic period. Samaria was the region of northern Israel whose population included Jews, Christians, and Pagans who co-existed in a unique and fluid culture. The biblical Israelites conflicted often with the Samaritans, which is why the Christian parable of the "Good Samaritan" features a Samaritan as an unexpected source of kindness. Adler's "Oil Lamps of the Holy Land" categorizes this as a type S.6 lamp, a late ...click for details

Ancient Roman Glass Sprinkler Jar Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 541276  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of ...click for details

Ancient Roman Glass Jar Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 511734  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of ...click for details

Lovely Roman Glass Jar, 3rd Century A.D. Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 511713  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  The earliest man-made glass predated the Roman empire by 2000 years, but the Romans used a greater quantity and variety of glass than any other civilization before the Renaissance. The discovery of glassblowing in the first century B.C. transformed glass from a luxury item into the medium for making objects for everyday use. Glass had a long history of production in the eastern Mediterranean, and the majority of common glass objects were produced in Syria and Israel during the later centuries of ...click for details

Roman Coin: Silver Denarius of Septimius Severus Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 493858  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  By the accounts of many historians, the reign of Septimus Severus marked the bridge between the stability of the second century AD and the crises of the third. Septimius, a North African by birth, rose to the position of emperor among the rush to the throne after the assassination of Julianus. The first five years of his reign were consumed with systematically eliminating his rivals, which accrued a massive cost to the empire. Later, Septimius won several victories against the Parthians in Meso ...click for details

Roman Coin: Julia Domna, wife of Septimus Severus Archives: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000   item# 493506  click for details Janus Antiquities (330) 612-3957 SOLD  Julia Domna was the ambitious and powerful wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracella and Geta. She assembled a court of many of the greatest thinkers of her age, including the philosopher Philostratus, the physician Galen, and the historians Appian and Dio. When her husband died in 211 AD, she managed to successfully oppose a plan to divide the empire between her feuding sons. Unfortunately, the consequence of maintaining a unified empire was increased strife between Caracella and Geta, w ...click for details

Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5