Saturday, March 31, 2007

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Caligula and Roma

1st century CE cameo. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Roman Onyx Cameo

Made in 27 BCE. 16th century setting. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Silver Tetradrachm

From Katana, Sicily. c435-425 BCE. The bust on the obverse is Apollo.

Spinario

1st century BCE Greek bronze, after an earlier work. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

Pyramids of Sakkara

19th century photograph by Francis Frith.

Abercastle, Wales