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met-greekroman-art:

Marble disk with a herm of Dionysus in relief via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Marble

Fletcher Fund, 1926 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/252494

JULIUS CAESAR. Denarius (49 BC). Military mint traveling with Caesar.

Obv: CAESAR.
Elephant advancing right, trampling upon horned serpent.
Rev: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis and apex.

Source: Numismatik Naumann

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met-greekroman-art:

Terracotta bust of a satyr via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Terracotta

Rogers Fund, 1910 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248392

marmarinos:

Busts of Kleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, dated to the 1st century BCE. The bust of Kleopatra is made of marble, and the bust of Julius Caesar is of green basalt. Both are currently located in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

hadrian6:

Sacrifice in front of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. ca. 118—125 CE. Roman. marble relief. Louvre Paris.         http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

elsewheregreen:

Pensive bodhisattva. Korea, mid 7thC - Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–A.D. 676). Met Museum, New York. 

Denarius of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax (235-238AD) 

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wonderwarhol:

Head of a Bodhisattva, Gandhara art, made around 4th century.