Auction 38: Fine Ancient Artifacts

A Roman bronze face of a lion, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD, the fill-hole cover from a bronze oil lamp, the loop at top with square profile. 2.2 x 1.7 cm.

A Roman bronze ram-headed terminal from a patera, c. 1st - 3rd Century BC, naturalistically modelled with nice style and a dark olive green patina. L:

A lot of 4 Roman bronze items, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD. Lot includes a latch for a box in the form of a stylized woman, a pair of appliques in the for

A Roman bronze medical or cosmetic spoon, c. 1st - 4th Century AD, with long spiral handle and bright green patina. L: 6 2/3 in (17cm). Ex Rhode Islan

A nice Roman bronze medical or cosmetic spoon, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD, the bowl round and deep with long, slender handle, three incised grooves above

A Roman bronze serving spoon, c. 1st - 3rd Century AD, with large bowl with low profile and with a looped handle with a serpentine or avian head termi

A Roman bronze simpulum, c. 3rd - 4th Century AD, the shallow cup nicely turned with parallel ridges with incised grooves around the outside, a flared

A nice late Roman-Byzantine bronze spoon, c. 5th - 8th Century AD, with attractive openwork handle, the bowl pear-shaped with low profile. L: 5 in (12

A pair of antique spoons, bronze and silver. The first is a Seljuk bronze spoon, c. 12th - 13th Century, the circular bowl with an incised central med

A nice Near Eastern bronze dagger, c. 1200 - 800 BC, the hilt and blade cast as one piece. The blade is long and slender with wide flat midrib, the ha

A group of 5 Persian bronze long arrow heads - ex Guttmann collection, c. 1200 - 800 BC, the blades long and slender with raised midrib and extended t

A large iron spear or javelin point from Western Persia, c. 1000 - 600 BC, the blade of elongated diamond shape with prominent mid-rib characteristic

A collection of Bactrian projectile points, c. 600 - 200 BC. The 14 iron examples range from 2 in to 4-1/2 in in length and consist of a variety of f

A nice Byzantine/Medieval open-work arrow tip, c. 10th - 14th Century AD, with rounded base and tapering flat blade, the cut-out interior of which wit

A Hellenistic iron sword, late Greco-Bactrian, c. 1st century AD. This heavy iron weapon is 39 in long and retains many of the hilt elements, includin

A fine Kushan iron sword, c. 2nd - 6th Century AD. This elegantly curved weapon is 35 in long and retains much of the complex hilt, including the forw

A choice Warring States period bronze arrowhead, China, c. 475 - 221 BC, well-preserved with extremely long tang, the point is solid and the edges qui

A European iron axe-head mounted on a wood shaft, 14th 16th Century, the metal is stable and sealed and in great condition, the wood shaft giving the

A large and impressive Roman marble statue of a goddess, probably Laetitia, c. 1st Century AD, wearing chiton and himation, her left hand resting on a

A Roman marble head of a satyr, possibly Pan, c. 1st-2nd Century AD, after a Hellenistic prototype, tilted slightly to the right with detailed feature