DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#929328

c. 1st-3rd Century CE

Seven circular fragments of ancient Roman free blown glass with natural iridescence. Set in handmade sterling silver pomegranate bracelet.

Diameter: 14 mm; Weight: 15.65 g

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A precious commodity in the ancient world, glass was prized for its resemblance to crystal as well as its other aesthetic qualities...

The Eros child emerging from a flower, showing very expressive features such as an exaggeratedly long fore and upper head. Small hole on the chest for attachment.
Bronze
Roman, 2nd/3rd century AD
H. 3.8 cm (1.5 in)
H. with stand 5.2 cm (2 in)
High quality bronze with superb patina.
Ex Swiss private collection.

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Outstanding example of a Megarian bowl dating from the Hellenistic Period during which much of the Aegean and Western Asia were under the influence of Alexander the Great.

The bowl in red terracotta made in an elegant thin-walled style and ornately decorated with a pattern of symethric floral decoration in high relief, mold made. A Theatre Mask in the center is a very fine and scarce feature of this specific bowl.

Size: 11,4 cm. in diameter and ca. 7 cm. tall...

A lovely and very rare Late Roman or Byzantine bronze breadstamp with the long word 'MARTYRIU'.

Highly interesting and attractive stamp seal, used to stamp holy bread. A unusual christian inscription for the period. With a loop attached on the back.

Size: 13,3 cm. long.

Condition: Superb! Perfect light green patina and uncleaned dirt in the details.

Ex. collection of W. B. (1895-1973), Rheinland, Germany.

Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st.-2nd. century AD.

The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!

Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.

A very attractive terracotta figure, depicting a standing pygmae, Roman Emperial, ca. 1st. century AD.

The Pygmae is very detailed depicted semi-nud with enormous phallos.

Size: 9,8 cm. tall.

Concition: Choice and intact! A few light chips to the base, the original pigments finely preserved!

Roman stone beads restrung in the form of an Egyptian style necklace, dated from, 100 - 300 AD

Length: 40 cm

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You are considering a very attractive ancient Roman Black and White stone beads bracelet dating to around 100 AD

The beads are nicely recomposed together in a very elegant and lovely design.

Measurements: Length: 19 cm - Width: 2 cm

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The discus decorated with a goat standing on its hind legs and a small sleeping dog. The animals rendered with shaggy fur, both on separate, unaligned ground lines.
Mold-made lamp of Loeschcke type 4. The nozzle flanked by volutes terminating in spirals. The raised, flat base with footprint stamp (planta pedis) at center. Single filling hole between the animals.
Covered with dark-brown glaze.
For an example from the same workshop, cf. acc...

A superb very sharp Oil lamp, Roman, late 1st. century AD.

Roman figural terracotta oil lamp with single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a high profile head of a woman or godess. Maker's mark on the bottom: MNOVIVSI. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120 – 180 AD.

Size: 10,4 cm. long...

A superb very sharp Oil lamp, Roman, 2nd. century AD.

Roman figural terracotta oil lamp with single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a high profile bust of a woman with cloak over one shoulder and naked breast. Maker's mark on the bottom: MNOVIVSI. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120 – 180 AD.

Size: 10,8 cm. long...

By the middle of the third century, the Roman Empire began to show signs of collapse. A parade of emperors took the throne, mostly from the ranks of the military. Years of civil war and open revolt led to an erosion of territory. In the year 260, in a battle on the Eastern front, the emperor Valerian was taken prisoner by the hated Persians. He died in captivity, and his corpse was stuffed and hung on the wall of the palace of the Persian king...

Free blown light green glass amphoriskos showing a tall cylindrical neck decorated with spiral trails.
Two rod handles applied to the edge of the shoulder.
The flared mouth with inward folded rim. The slightly concave base with a pontil scar.
Glass
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
H. 6 cm (2.4 in)
Intact with layers of silvery iridescence.
Swiss private collection Edgar A. Mills, prior to 1956.

The authenticity of the...

Heraclea Mint; 330-333 CE

Obverse: VRBS ROMA. Bust of Rome wearing helmet and imperial mantle facing left.

Reverse: She-wolf standing left suckling Romulus and Remus. Three vertical dots between two stars above. SMHE in exergue.

Reference: RIC VII, 129

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Siscia Mint; 321-324 CE

Obverse: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureate head of Constantine I facing right.

Reverse: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG. VOT/XX in two lines within laurel wreath. ASIS sunburst in exergue.

Reference: RIC VII, 180

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Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Constantine the Great, was the son of Helena and the First Tetrarchic ruler Constanti...

Reign of Maximinus II (305-13 CE)

Antioch Mint; 311-2 CE

Obverse: Laureate head of Maximinus II facing right. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG.

Reverse: Genius standing left wearing modius with chlamys draped over left shoulder. Holding Victoriola in his right hand and a cornucopiae in his left. Star in left field. Δ in right field. GENIO AVGVSTI. ANT mint mark no longer visible.

Coin in fine condition set in modern 22K gold filled swivel pendant.

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Heraclea Mint; 330-3 CE

Obverse: VRBS ROMA. Bust of Rome wearing helmet and imperial mantle facing left.

Reverse: She-wolf standing left suckling Romulus and Remus. Two stars above. ●SMHE in exergue.

Reference: RIC VII, 119

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