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Roman, Portrait of Hadrian, ca. 130 CE. Anonymous gift 59.050

Introduction

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Roman marble portraits and sarcophagi, wall paintings from the vicinity of Pompeii, floor mosaics from the Roman province of Syria, as well as Etruscan and Italic ceramics and bronzes are on view in the Weiss Ancient Art Gallery. A gallery of ancient Greek art is organized around the themes of early Greece, gods and goddesses, religion, funerary customs, everyday life, and the symposium. A third gallery, devoted to materials and technology, elucidates various creative processes and explains the effects of time on materials including marble, ceramics, metals, and glass.

Selected Objects

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Roman

Portrait of Agrippina the Younger, ca. 40 CE
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Roman

Portrait of a man in the Republican style, first century CE or later
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Roman

Portrait of Augustus, 0-39 CE
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Roman

Portrait of a Julio-Claudian Prince (probably Drusus Minor), 0-39 CE
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Roman

Tablet with Greek transcription of Letter from Emperor Hadrian to Common Assembly of Macedonians, 136 - 137 CE
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Greek

Portrait of a Boy as Eros, late 1st/2nd century CE
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Roman

Youthful Figure Wearing a Torque, 138-192 CE
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Roman

Torso of a fighting giant, 117-138 CE
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Roman

Fragmentary sarcophagus front and lid depicting The Slaughter of the Niobids, end of the 2nd century CE
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Roman

Sarcophagus (coffin), 2nd century CE
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Graeco-Phoenician

Relief of a Man Burning Incense, ca. CE 70
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Roman

Floor mosaic fragment depicting Bacchus, 325-330
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Roman

Floor mosaic fragment depicting Silenus, 325-330
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Roman

Fragment of a black wall, 14-37 CE
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Roman

Fragment of a black and red wall, 14-37 CE
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Roman

fresco, 30-79 CE
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Roman

Fragment of a wall depicting a candelabrum, 14-37 CE
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Roman

Fragment of a wall depicting a candelabrum, 14-37 CE
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Campanian

Large, round-bottomed bowl (dinos), 490 - 470 BCE
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Unknown artist

Roundel for a shield or breast plate, early 600s BCE-late 500s BCE
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Early Etruscan Villanovan

Belt, 800-700 BCE
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Etruscan Umbria

Warrior, 450-425 BCE
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Etruscan

Lidded box (cista), late 4th - mid 3rd century BCE
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Etruscan

Acrobat (probably the handle of a cista lid), 300sBCE-200s BCE
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Southern Italian, Italy, Falerii

Woman's head plate, 340-300 BCE
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Etruscan

Jar with lid (stamnos), late 300s BCE-early 200s BCE
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Etruscan Etruscan

Three-pronged clasp and buckle, 600s BCE
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Etruscan

Beaked jug, ca. 500 BCE
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Etruscan

Bucchero Stemmed Cup, ca. 600 BCE
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Etruscan, Etruria

Bucchero Bowl on a Conical Foot, 539-500 BCE
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Etruscan, Etruria

One-handled Drinking Cup (Kyathos), ca. late 6th century BCE
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Etruscan

Hand Holding a Dove, 3rd century BCE
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Etruscan

Mirror with tang, 375-250 BCE
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Etruscan

Relief fragment with warriors and horses, 6th century BCE
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Etruscan

Striding kouros, 400s BCE
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Greek, Attica

Pitcher (Olpe), ca. 720-700 BCE
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Greek

Funerary Lion, ca. 390-380 BCE
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Roman, Eastern Mediterranean

Patella Cup, 1st century BCE-1st century CE
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Etruscan

Pail (situla), 530 - 525 BCE
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Greek

Head of a woman, ca. 420 BCE
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Greek

Dancing dwarf, late 3rd century BCE
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Attributed to Ilioupersis painter

Drinking Cup (Skyphos), 375-350 BCE
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Italo-Greek, Apulia

Oil Container (Askos) in the Form of a Boar, late 300s BCE-early 200s BCE
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Attic (ancient style)

Hinged doll, 500-400 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Miniature Oil Flask (Lekythos), late 5th century BCE
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Greek, Attica

Wine Jug (Oinochoe), 399-369 BCE
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Roman

Bust of an African Child, 2nd - 3rd century CE
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Attributed to Villa Giulia Painter

Oil Bottle (Alabastron), 460-450 BCE
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Attributed to Painter of Louvre F51

Storage Jar (Amphora), 550-540 BCE
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Italo-Greek, Southern Italy, Likely Tarentum

Drinking Cup (Rhyton), after 350 BCE
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Roman

Couch decoration in the form of a horse's head, 100s CE
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Greek, Attica

Wine Jug (Oinochoe), ca. 490 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Drinking Cup (Kylix), ca. 550-525 BCE
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School of Haimon Painter

Lidded Cylindrical Box (Pyxis), 500-474 BCE
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Attributed to Lewis Painter

Drinking Cup (Skyphos), ca. 480 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Storage Jar (Amphora), ca. 550-525 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Storage jar (Amphora), 540-520 BCE
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Attributed to Makron

Small Container (Askos), ca. 490-480 BCE
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Greek

Male figure (Bebenburg Youth), 300-200 BCE
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Corinthian (ancient style)

Helmet, 500 BCE - 470 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Wine Jug (Oinochoe), ca. 430 BCE
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Attributed to Reed Painter

Oil Flask (Lekythos), 420-400 BCE
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Attributed to Inscription painter

Oil flask (lekythos) depicting a visit to the grave, 470-450 BCE
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Greco-Roman

Funerary Vase, 425-400 BCE
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Greek

Vessel Attachment in the Form of a Sea Bull, 4th century BCE-3rd century BCE
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Greek, Attica

Cylindrical Lidded Box (Pyxis), ca. 760 BCE
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The Concentric Circle Group

Wine jug (oinochoe), 735 - 720 BCE
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Minoan, Crete

Blossom Bowl, ca. 2000 BCE
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Greek Cycladic

Female Figure, 2500 BC - 2400 BC
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Greek

Female Figure, 2400 BCE - 2300 BCE
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Mycenaean, Greece

Stirrup Jar, ca. 1100 BCE
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Greek Mycenaean

Standing Goddess, 1400-1000 BCE
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Mycenaean, Greece

Conical Drinking Cup (Rhyton), 14th century BCE
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Greek Mycenaean, Greece

Stemmed Drinking Cup (Kylix), ca. 1300 BCE
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Cypriote, Cyprus

Tankard, 1400-1350 BCE
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Cypriote, Cyprus

Storage Jar (Amphora), 7th century BCE
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Cypriote, Cyprus

Ridge-Handled Jug, ca. 700 BCE
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Attic (ancient style)

Grave marker (Radeke Stele), 399-300 BCE
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Attic (ancient style)

Horse and rider, 699-600 BCE
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Boeotian Greek

Goat, 5th century BCE
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Ancient Greek

Fragment of Standing Male Figure (kouros), ca. 330 BCE
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Greek

Inscribed Kouros, ca. 540 BCE
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Greek

Horse, 750-700 BCE
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Greek

Ram, 700s BCE
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Greek

Bird, ca. 700 BCE
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Greek, Attica

Oil Flask (Lekythos), ca. 480 BCE
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Attributed to Brygos Painter

Oil Flask (Lekythos), ca. 480 BCE
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Greek

Man in a cloak, 520 - 500 BCE
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Attributed to Pan Painter

Oil Flask (Lekythos), 480 BCE - 470 BCE
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Roman

Statuette of a Young Girl (Artemis?), late 1st century BCE
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Attributed to Diosphos Painter

Oil Flask (Lekythos), ca. 500-490 BCE
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Attributed to Brygos Painter

Oil Flask (Lekythos), ca. 500BCE-475BCE
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Providence Painter

Storage Jar (Amphora), ca. 500-475 BCE
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Attributed to Leagros Group

Oil Flask (Lekythos), ca. 500 BCE
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Greek

Aphrodite, 199-100 BCE
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Roman

Marble Column with Vine Decoration, ca. CE 120
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Roman

Male figure in the guise of Hermes, early 100s CE
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Roman

Male figure, 1-100 CE
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Roman

Strigilated sarcophagus with carved panels of satyrs and maenads, 3rd century
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Roman

Lion's-head waterspout, ca. CE 200
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Roman

Lion's-head handle, 2nd century-3rd century CE
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European, Eastern Europe, Hallstatt

Diadem, ca. 1100 BCE
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Celtic, Ireland

Neck ring (torque), ca. 1300-1000 BCE
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Etruscan

Candelabrum, 399-300 BCE
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Roman

Mirror with three erotes around an altar, 100-199 CE
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Roman

Strigil, 1st century CE-3rd century CE
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Etruscan

Mirror, 399-300 BCE
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Roman

Barrel-shaped bead, 500-599 CE or later
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Roman

Votive amphora, 500-599 CE or later
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Roman

Spoon, 1st century CE-4th century CE or later
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Roman

Spoon, 100s-400s
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Roman

Jug handle in the form of a panther devouring prey, 1st century CE-2nd century CE
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Greek

Furniture attachment in the form of a lion, ca. 500 BCE
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Roman

Household god (lar), late 200s CE - early 300sCE
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Roman

Bust of a Female Divinity, late 2nd century CE - 3rd century CE
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Greek, Greece

Bowl, 100 BCE
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Asia Minor Greek Smyrna

Aphrodite, 300-200 BCE
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Etruscan

Relief Fragment of a lion's head, 5th - 3rd century BCE
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Greek, Attica

Two-handled Drinking Cup (Skyphos), ca. 725-700 BCE
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Italo-Greek, Southern Italy

Wine Cup (Kantharos), 400-300 BCE
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Greek, Corinth

Wine Jug (Oinochoe), ca. 550 BCE
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Greek, Corinth

Fragment of a Mixing Bowl (Krater), ca. 600 BCE
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Greek

Medallion, 330-269 BCE
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Ancient Greek

Pair of earrings with Eros riding a dove, 299-200 BCE
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Greek

Pair of earrings with dove pendants, 299-200 BCE
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Unknown artist

Pair of earrings with female head pendants, late 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE
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Unknown artist

Pair of earrings with lynx head terminals, late 2nd century BCE-1st century BCE
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Unknown artist

Pair of earrings with amphora pendants, 299-200
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Unknown artist

earring, 500-599 CE
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Greek Greek

Bracelet with lion's head terminals, 300s BCE-200s BCE
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Unknown artist

Etruscan (strung into a necklace in modern times), 6th century BCE
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Etruscan

Ring, 399 BCE-200 BCE
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Greek

Finger ring, 199 BCE-1 BCE
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Etruscan

Pair of earrings of the à Baulo type, 599-500 BCE
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Etruscan

Pin (fibula), 700-600 BCE
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Etruscan

Pair of earrings of the leech type, 399-200 BCE
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Roman

Funerary wreath, 300-399 CE
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Greco-Roman

Intaglio, 1st century BCE
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Roman

Intaglio, 1st century BCE
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Roman

Intaglio with bust of Hercules, 1st century BCE-1st century CE
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Roman

Intaglio inscribed "Dioskourides", ca. 30-20 BCE
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Roman

Filigree necklace, 200s CE
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Roman

Pair of earrings with pearls, 1st century CE-3rd century CE
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Roman

Pair of earrings of the Baretta type, 100s-200s
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Roman

Pair of crescent-shaped earrings, 1st century BCE-2nd century CE
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Greco-Roman

Finger ring with serpent, 1-199 CE
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Greek

Two-stater coin (distater), 336-323 BCE
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Greek

Stater coin, ca. 323 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), ca. 394-304 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 300-295 BCE
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Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 380-345 BCE
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Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 380-345 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradachm), ca. 227-221 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), ca. 227-221 BCE
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Greek

Stater coin, ca. 421-365 BCE
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Greek

Stater coin, ca. 421-365 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 297-287 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 297-282 BCE
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Greek

Stater coin, ca. 360-350 BCE
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Greek

Stater coin, ca. 360 - 350 BCE
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Greek

Ten-drachma coin (decadrachm), 405-400 BCE
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Greek Sicilian

Ten-drachma coin (decadrachm), 395-390 BCE
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Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 550-500 BCE
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Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 550-500 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), After ca. 460 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 460-340 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 313-305 BCE
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Greek

Four-drachma coin (tetradrachm), 313-305 BCE
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Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 575-400 BCE
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Greek

Eight-drachma coin (octodrachm), 261-252 BCE

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