Antiquities, Ancient & Pre-Columbian Art

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An online-only auction featuring Classical Antiquities from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Italy, the Near East, the Fast East, as well as Ethnographic and Pre-Columbian Art from the Ancient Americas (Mexico, Central and South America). All items offered for sale in this auction have been legally acquired and are legal to sell, and are guaranteed authentic/as described. We do not sell replicas or items 'in the style of' any ancient culture. What's more, no sale is ever final if you're not happy. Bid with confidence, your satisfaction is guaranteed!
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A Greek Gnathia-Ware Skyphos, of the Saint-Valentin Class56 - A Greek Gnathia-Ware Skyphos, of the Saint-Valentin Class
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South Italic, Greek, Apulia, ca 350 BC.Beautifully potted and painted pottery vessel in the style known as Saint-Valentin. Upper section decorated i
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A Large Greek Daunian Bi-Chrome Jug57 - A Large Greek Daunian Bi-Chrome Jug
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From southern Italy, ca. 300 BC. Decorated in buff and black/red with single handle and rounded base. 8-3/4"H, intact. Provenance: Ex-prom...
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A Greek Blackware Trefoil Jug58 - A Greek Blackware Trefoil Jug
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Greek, ca. 400 BC. Simple blackware terracotta pouring vessel with tapered body and rounded base. Comes with lucite stand. 3-7/8"H, intact. ...
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A Greek Apulian Owl Skyphos60 - A Greek Apulian Owl Skyphos
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From the ancient Apulian colonies in South Italy, 4th Century BC. Black-glazed pottery wine skyphos decorated to either side with a figure of an owl
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A Pair of South Italic Redware Miniauture Vessels61 - A Pair of South Italic Redware Miniauture Vessels
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Cute pair! Greek, Southern Italy, ca. 4th century BC. Terracotta vessels, one twin-handled, the other a jug. Both redglazed. 1-3/4"T x 1-7/...
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Silver Coin, Didrachm, Neapolis, Campania62 - Silver Coin, Didrachm, Neapolis, Campania
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An Ancient Greek silver didrachm or nomos coin from Neapolis, Campania, dating to 320 - 275 B.C. The obverse with head of a nymph, surrounded by four
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MESEMBRIA, THRACE - GREEK SILVER DIOBOL 450-350 BC63 - MESEMBRIA, THRACE - GREEK SILVER DIOBOL 450-350 BC
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Silver diobol, SNG BM Black Sea 268 ff., SNG Cop 653, SGCV I 1673, weight 1.246 g, maximum diameter 10.6 mm, About VF. Mesembria mint, obverse crest
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An Etrusco-Corinthian Aryballos64 - An Etrusco-Corinthian Aryballos
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In the style of the more "famous" examples coming from Corinth (Greece), ca. 6th to 5th century BC. Terracotta vessels like these were use...
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A Greek Apulian Trefoil Oinochoe - Lady of Fashion65 - A Greek Apulian Trefoil Oinochoe - Lady of Fashion
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From southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BC. Black-glazed pottery jug done in red-figure, with concave neck pinched to form a broad shallow fronta
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A Greek South Italic Blackware Stemless Kylix - Published!66 - A Greek South Italic Blackware Stemless Kylix - Published!
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Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson,...
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A Greek South Italic Trefoil Oinochoe, ex-Byron Farwell Collection67 - A Greek South Italic Trefoil Oinochoe, ex-Byron Farwell Collection
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From the ancient Greek colony of Apulia, located in southern Italy, ca. 325 - 200 B.C. Apulian / Gnathian brown/blackware trefoil oinochoe with minor
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A Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pyxis68 - A Greek Apulian Red-Figure Pyxis
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South Italy, Apulia, Ca. 325 to 300 BC. The lid with a figure of a swan. ** For similar example, see Christie's Sale 5524, 28 April 2004, London...
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A Greek Iron Spear Tip, Ex-Byron Farwell69 - A Greek Iron Spear Tip, Ex-Byron Farwell
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Ca 300 BC, iron spear tip, much longer than normal with conical socket and long blade with pronounced blood ridge running up the center. Even after 23
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A Greek Apulian Terracotta Pyxis Cover70 - A Greek Apulian Terracotta Pyxis Cover
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Apulian, Southern Italy, ca. 4th Century BC. Terracotta lid to a pyxis vessel, decorated by a series of palmettes. 6-1/2"D (16.5 cm). Restore...
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A Greek Bronze Handle of a Hydria71 - A Greek Bronze Handle of a Hydria
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Greece, ca. 4th century BC. A pretty/ornate solid bronze handle from a water jar with beautiful leaf forms. Smooth green patina. Mounted on a cust
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A Greek South Italic Xenon Jug72 - A Greek South Italic Xenon Jug
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Ca. mid 4th Century BC. Thin-walled near-miniature jug with typical blackware glaze and applied pink/red decoration. Xenon pottery was a school of r
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A Greek Apulian Mug by the White Saccos Painter73 - A Greek Apulian Mug by the White Saccos Painter
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This is a large lidless mug with flaring mouth, decorated with reddish ochre and white slip. The decoration has been attributed by Dr. A.D. Trendall t
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An Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos74 - An Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos
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This is a superb Etruscan black bucchero ware kantharos (a high-handled drinking cup) of museum quality. The kantharos has high arching strap handles
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An Etruscan Villanovan  Impasto Glazed Kyathos75 - An Etruscan Villanovan Impasto Glazed Kyathos
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From the late Villanovan to early Etruscan period of central Italy, ca. 7th Century BC. Terracotta kyathos, a type of vessel used to serve wine at ba
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A Roman Bronze Statuette of a Running Male76 - A Roman Bronze Statuette of a Running Male
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Ca. 2nd–3rd century A.D. Small bronze statuette of a running man. 2-3/4"H, custom stand. Ancient losses, as shown. Provenance: Ex-prominent...
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An Etruscan Bucchero Skyphos77 - An Etruscan Bucchero Skyphos
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Northern Italy, Ca 6th century BC. Terracotta wine cup done in the traditional bucchero technique. 7"W handlespan x 2-/4"H. Intact and ch...
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A Roman Bronze Ring - Antelope80 - A Roman Bronze Ring - Antelope
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Rome, ca. 200-400 AD. Solid bronze finger ring with impression of what appears to be an antelope. Custom mounted on lucite stand with clay impressio
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A Roman Bronze Herm Figural Chest Hasp81 - A Roman Bronze Herm Figural Chest Hasp
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Rome, ca. 1st - 3rd Century A.D. Obverse reverse bronze chest hasp in the form of a youthful herm figure with nice facial features, exposed breasts,
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A Pair of Roman Bronze Square Door Plates82 - A Pair of Roman Bronze Square Door Plates
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Found in the Golan Heights, dating to 2nd century AD. Nearly-identical pair of solid bronze plates / decorative elements that were affixed to exterio
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Start Price : 2,750.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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A Roman Bronze Amphora-Shaped Perfume / Cosmetic Bottle83 - A Roman Bronze Amphora-Shaped Perfume / Cosmetic Bottle
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Rome, ca 2nd to 3rd century AD, but purportedly found in Britain! Beautifully crafted bronze vessel with ribbed body, incised dots on neck shoulder a
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A Roman Bronze Oinochoe84 - A Roman Bronze Oinochoe
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Rome, ca. 1st century AD. Globular body on a flat pad base, with lathe-turned rings around foot, on the underside of the base and around the shoulder
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Set of 3 Roman Bronze Key Rings85 - Set of 3 Roman Bronze Key Rings
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Rome, 2nd-5th century AD. Solid bronze key rings. For lack of pockets in their togas, ancient people often wore keys to important boxes, etc on thei
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A Roman Bronze Phallic Votive86 - A Roman Bronze Phallic Votive
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Rome, ca. 100 to 400 AD. Solid bronze votive in the shape of a very small / erect phallus. Clear features, nicely-sculpted. Stands in at just over
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A Roman Bronze Seated Figure of Harpokrates87 - A Roman Bronze Seated Figure of Harpokrates
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This is a rare representation in bronze of the Egyptian child god Harpokrates, with his left arm around a large jar and the index finger of his right
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A Roman / Villanovan Bronze Horse Bit88 - A Roman / Villanovan Bronze Horse Bit
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Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2055-1650 BC. Carved in raised relief with a falcon-headed Horus facing right, holding a feather in his hands; remains of origi
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Start Price : 1,750.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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A Roman Bronze Chisel89 - A Roman Bronze Chisel
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Rome, ca. 5th to 4th Century BC. Solid bronze utilitarian implment. Custom stand. Chisel itself measures 4-7/8"L. Intact. Provenanance...
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A Roman Bronze Horse Handle90 - A Roman Bronze Horse Handle
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Rome. ca. 2nd century AD. Solid bronze handle shaped like a leaping horse where the horses feet and its snout would have joined to the body of the ve
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A Roman Bronze Rabbit91 - A Roman Bronze Rabbit
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Rome, ca. 200 AD. Solid bronze rabbit lunging at something, possibly a mouse. Great action and workmanship, possibly from a larger vase or a knife ha
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A Roman Bronze Votive of an Eagle92 - A Roman Bronze Votive of an Eagle
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Rome, ca. 2nd century AD. Solid bronze stautette standing with head turned back to its left and wings resting. 1/3/4"H. Intact, wonderful pa...
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A Roman Bronze Hair Pin, Custom Mount93 - A Roman Bronze Hair Pin, Custom Mount
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Rome, ca. 1st-3rd century AD. Solid bronze decorated pin with nice green patina. Hairpins made of bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient time
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Start Price : 85.00 | Estimate : 175.00 - 225.00
 
 
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Roman:  Antoninus Pius, AR Denarius, Near End of 13894 - Roman: Antoninus Pius, AR Denarius, Near End of 138
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Rome, 138-161 AD. RV Annona with grain ears. Modius on prow. Approx. 3/4"D w/case. Scratches. Good detail and attractively toned. In PNG ...
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Pair of Roman Ivory Dice (Bone)95 - Pair of Roman Ivory Dice (Bone)
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Rome, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD. Cubical dice marked twice with four through six. Bone colored. 3/8"cube. Both intact. Provenanance: Ex-Harl...
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Pair of Roman Ivory Dice (Black)96 - Pair of Roman Ivory Dice (Black)
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Rome, ca. 1st - 2nd Century AD. Cubical dice marked twice with four through six. Black. 3/8"cube. Both intact. Provenanance: Ex-Harlan J. ...
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A Roman Banded Agate Portrait of Dionysus97 - A Roman Banded Agate Portrait of Dionysus
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Rome, ca. 2nd Century AD. Set in a silver ring, Agate gemstone 15 mm, ring size 9. Excellent condition Provenanance: Ex-Harlan J. Berk, Chicago,
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A Roman Glass Sprinkler Flask98 - A Roman Glass Sprinkler Flask
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Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Green ancient glass vessel, known as a "sprinkler" (modern day name given to a flask of this type, as it was des...
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A Roman Glass Candlestick Unguentarium99 - A Roman Glass Candlestick Unguentarium
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Dating to approximately 80 - 200 AD, most likely from Syria or Lebanon (glass centers of the Roman Empire). Aqua-blue/green glass, with bell-shaped b
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A Roman Glass Beaker / Goblet100 - A Roman Glass Beaker / Goblet
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Rome, ca. 200 AD. Pale green glass drinking vessel of slightly flaring form, with three bands of lathe-cut circumferential decoration just under rim
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A Roman Glass Jar, Highly Rridescent101 - A Roman Glass Jar, Highly Rridescent
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Gorgeous color! Roman Empire, Ca. 100 - 300 A.D. Dark green / teal squat glass vessel with with flared opening, rolled rim. 2-1/4"H, intact. ...
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A Roman Glass Jug, Swirl Design102 - A Roman Glass Jug, Swirl Design
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Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Greenish-yellow ancient glass vesse with swirled design in body, applied handle and rolled rim. Bronken pontil on base. Am
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A Roman Glass Bottle103 - A Roman Glass Bottle
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Rare shape! Dating to the 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Aqua-blue glass unguent with straight sides, inented neck and rolled lip. 3-3/8"H, intact. ...
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An Ancient Glass Ungent / Flask104 - An Ancient Glass Ungent / Flask
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Near East, Ca. 200 - 300 AD. Dark green pouring vessel with wide base, thin neck and rolled rim. 3-1/8"H. Overall pocked surface, rim losses ...
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A Roman Glass Jug with Strap Handle105 - A Roman Glass Jug with Strap Handle
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Ca. 1st century AD. Transparent light-green in color, the square body mold-blown, the flat base with a molded pin-wheel; with slightly 'sunk&#...
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An Ancient Sassanian Faceted Glass Bowl106 - An Ancient Sassanian Faceted Glass Bowl
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Near East, ca. 6th to 8th century AD. Thicker-walled glass vessel, blown and wheel cut, surface cut with circular facets in a honeycomb pattern. This
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A Roman Glass Teal Green Flask107 - A Roman Glass Teal Green Flask
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Rome, ca. 3rd century AD. Transparent glass vessel, globular body with shallow vertical tooled ribs, the straight-sided cylindrical neck flaring outw
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A Roman Glass Candlestick Unguent108 - A Roman Glass Candlestick Unguent
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Rome, ca. 2nd to 4th century AD. Delicate aqua-blue unguent with bell-shaped body; long, tapering neck and rolled rim. Sits slightly askew, as shown
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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