A foot of Zeus, a part of a colossal clay statue estimated at about 5 meters; 4th century BCE.
Omolio, Thessaly #AncientGreece
Source
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Andrea Mantegna from 1500 at the Met. Love the fruity universe & 3D halo spacing
The Dacian Hoard from Bucureลti-Herฤstrฤu
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Silver #medallion brooch, 1st century BCE
#Romania #BlackSea
@spartokosalu.bsky.social
This is crazy, the coin has a diameter 1.7 cm only. The details are so elaborate, earrings, kalathos... So beautiful
Gold starter with Artemis, 330 BCE, Abydos, Asia Minor
ยฉNumismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
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The beauty of the tufts...๐๐บ
The first flower of my lilies has opened ๐
#mybalcony
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Very interesting article @spartokosalu.bsky.social
Posthume gold octodrachm with the portrait of Arsinoe III (204-203 BCE). Berlin, Mรผnzkabinett
M. Treister
Ptolemaic Finger Rings in North Pontic Area: New Finds and Hypotheses
New and online book
Hellenism and Colchis. Catalogue a a small exhibiton with discoveries (ceramic, jewels) of Pichvnari (Georgia) @colorsandstones.bsky.social
ClassicsBluesky AncientBluesky Antiquitรฉs
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Four medallions with two enclosing portraits of Sasanian King Bahram II
(276-293), one of his wife... and... son... are depicted between floral and zoomorphic motives"
"The Role of Late Antique Silverware from Royal Necropolis in Studying the
Social and Political Background in Caucasian Iberia"
"cup found in the village of Sargveshi. It is a
chance find from 1917. The shape of Sargveshi cup is entirely different from Sasanian silverware and is very similar to the Roman cups from early imperial period. It has a high foot and two raised handles and is partially gilded...
Just leave it here
One of several amazing frescoes in an underground chamber in Santa Maria in Stelle (near Verona). Originally a nymphaeum, the space was converted to a space for Christian teaching in the 5th c. This fresco depicts Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey.
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#photography
#archaeology
Piฤkne puzderko, a ten rรณลผ jest obลฤdny ๐
Apulia #MagnaGraecia 4 wiek pne
Muzeum w Hamburgu
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#Etruscan clay bust of a woman with very rich jewelry. The headdress is particularly interesting.
4th-3th century BCE
Collection MKG Hamburg
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Thank you very much for sharing
I found them! I had to alter the addresses, but they still exist:
oi-archive.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/lh1....
oi-archive.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/lh2a...
oi-archive.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/lh3a...
Online Journal
Bulletin of the National Institute of Archaeology (Sofia)
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#Roman gold pendant #medallion with Aphrodite, 1st-2nd century; h. 2.9 cm.
Auction auktionen.gmcoinart.de/Los/132/195.0
Gold pendant #medallion with the bust of Io with horns. #Roman, 1st - 2nd century; diam. 3 cm
Auction auktionen.gmcoinart.de/Los/132/195.0
votive crown donated by Roger II when he reconquered Bari in 1139 / enamel engraved on copper with St. Nicholas placing the crown on the head of Roger II. It was placed in the front of the ciborium above the altar of the upper Basilica.
Museo Nicolaiano, #Bari
Cimabueโs Cross 1265 (!) in the small church of San Domenico in Arezzo
Archaeologists Reveal How a Town in Syria Survived the Bronze Age Collapse of Civilizations - Archaeology - Haaretz.com - www.haaretz.com/archaeology/...
An elaborate Greek gold hairnet with garnet inlays, dating from the 3rd century BC, an older medallion of Medusa was reused in the centre.
From Taras (Tarento, Italy).
On display at Altes Museum, Berlin.
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Luxurious trash: Why Roman elite liked floor mosaics adorned with trash | Daily Sabah - www.dailysabah.com/arts/luxurio...
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tkowo piฤkne kolczyki, tyle ลwietnie zachowanych pereล ๐ z kolekcji muzeum w Patras, Grecja.
Photo ยฉ Archaeological Museum of Patras
#Hellenistic #Greece
Wiฤcej zdjฤฤ z wystawy www.lifo.gr/culture/arxa...
I'll leave it here
"Roman, Imperial, ca. 2nd century CE... a circular medallion... depicting the goddess Cybele in repousse, holding a scepter, wearing a headdress topped by a ruby cabochon inlay, and flanked by two lions"
Auction www.bidsquare.com/online-aucti...
Silver, partially gilded #medallion with a winged Nike / Victory. From a lid of a pyxis most likely [diameter 7.5 cm].
Greek #Hellenistic, from Serres.
Photo ยฉMinistry of Culture and Sports, Greece
