Aion Art

met-africa-oceania:

Male Ancestor Figure via Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Medium: Ceramic

Gift of Jill and Alan Rappaport, 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/319003

archaeoart:

14,000 year old bison sculptures, Le Tuc d’Audoubert cave, Ariege, France, circa 2016.

Silver Denarius of the first Emperor, Augustus (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.) (3,73 g. 18 mm), minted in Lugdunum (Lyon) between 2 B.C. to 12 A.D.

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theancientwayoflife:

~ Cylinder Seal.
Place of origin: Anatolia
Period: Old Assyrian period
Date: ca. 1920-1700 B.C.
Medium: Hematite

Indo-Greek/Bactrian coin of Eukratides I, c.171-135 BC. Tetradrachm. O/ Helmeted bust right / the Dioscuri on horseback riding right

Source: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_199_100/indogreekcoins/indogreekcoins.html

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marmarinos:

Roman bust of Emperor Hadrian, dated to the 2nd century CE. Marble. Photo taken by CORBIS.

Sourse; See page for author [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Marie Lan Nguyen

romegreeceart:

pegasus

nglish: Winged horse, used to decorate a tool whose shape and use are unknown. Bronze figurine, made in a workshop in northwestern Greece (perhaps Ambrakia), third quarter of the 6th century BC. From Dodona in Epirus. Français : Cheval ailé, élément de décoration d'un ustensile dont la forme et l'usage sont inconnus. Figurine en bronze, fabriquée dans un atelier de Grèce du Nord-Ouest (peut-être AMbracie), troisième quart du VIe siècle av. J.-C. Provenance : Dodone, Épire. Dimensions H. 13.2 cm (5 in.), W. 13.3 cm (5 in.)

Sourse; See page for author [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Marie Lan Nguyen

Hoard of Roman coins found at former burial site in Gelderland

archaeologicalnews:

A hoard of coins dating from the final days of the Roman Empire has been found in an orchard in Gelderland. Experts believe the fortune was buried by a Frankish military leader in the second half of the fifth century, when the area was part of the Western Roman Empire, which collapsed in 476 AD. 

Some of the 41 gold pieces unearthed in Lienden, near Veenendaal, bear the image of Majorian, one of the empire’s last rulers, who reigned for four years from 457. ‘On that basis we think this treasure was buried in around 460,’ said Nico Roymans, professor of archaeology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

The collection was publicly displayed for the first time on Friday morning at the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, which has acquired them on a long-term loan. Read more.