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An attractive denarius of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius

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fishstickmonkey:

Lion-griffin attacking bull [cylinder seal]

Middle Assyrian, between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.

hematite

The Morgan Library & Museum

lionofchaeronea:

Kneeling statue of the 13th Dynasty Pharaoh Sobekhotep V/VI (r. 1719-1715 BCE).  Now in the Altes Museum, Berlin.  Photo credit: Keith Schengili-Roberts/Wikimedia Commons.

A stater (an early Greek coin) from the city of Aspendos in Pamphylia (modern day Turkey), minted around 380/75-330/25 BC.

The coin depicts what are probaly sporting events, with the reverse showing a slinger in throwing stance, while the obverse shows two wrestlers grappling.

Source: Numismatik Naumann

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grandegyptianmuseum:

Scarab Bracelet Excavated from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian and quartz. The small circumference of this bracelet suggests that it was made for Tutankhamun when he was a child. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

theancientwayoflife:

~ Head of an Athlete (Apoxyomenos).
Period: Hellenistic or Roman
Artist: probably after Lysippos (Greek, c. 365–c. 310 B.C.)
Date: ca. 2nd–1st century B.C.
Medium: Cast bronze

met-greekroman-art:

Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar) by Ethiop Painter via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Terracotta

Fletcher Fund, 1956 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254899

A fascinating Roman Rebulic era coin issued by Lucius Roscius Fabatus.  Fabatus supported Julius Caesar in the Civil Wars at the end of the Republic, dying in battle the year after Caesar’s assassination.

The coin shows the head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress; uncertain symbol to left. On the reverse is a female figure standing right, feeding coiled serpent - a reference to the worship of the goddess at Lanuvium.

Source: Numismatik Naumann

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Coins such as the above were issued Circa 340-325 BC by the Greek city of Pantikapion on the eastern shore of Crimea.  Coins from this city commonly bore the image of the god Pan, as in this case, with  wreathed head of Pan left / Bow and arrow and the first five letters of the city name, PANTI, below.

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