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Gilt bronze medal of George IV by Benedetto Pistrucci
The Regency style, a type of design based on the architectur…
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Gold earrings shaped like wild goat heads
Animal-headed earrings were an extremely popular design duri…
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Clay plaque
This figure wears the typical Parthian costume of tunic and …
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Stone relief from the Apadana (audience hall) at Persepolis
This broken relief shows grooms carrying saddle-cloths and w…
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Tankard decorated with the signs of the zodiac and the planet Lords
Astrological images were popular decorative motifs on luxury…
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Wooden panel from a cassone (marriage chest)
This wooden panel is all that survives of a cassone , or che…
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Fragment of a basalt water clock
On the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the throne of…
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Head of the Buddha, dark grey schist
When the Buddha’s mother was expecting, the family dec…
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Cast bronze medal of Leonello d'Este, Marchese of Ferrara, by Pisanello
Leonello d'Este (1407-50) was born into the aristocratic rul…
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Silver decadrachm of Alexander the Great
In 326 BC Alexander the Great's conquest of the world had ta…
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Silver tetradrachm of Agathocles
Agathocles was a king of Bactria, an ancient Greek kingdom i…
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Silver tetradrachm with the head of Alexander
Following his death in 323 BC Alexander’s generals div…
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Bronze statuette of a huntsman, perhaps Alexander the Great
Throughout antiquity royal dynasts promoted an image of them…
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Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias
In 336 BC Alexander the Great embarked on a programme of ter…
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Marble portrait of Alexander the Great
Literary sources tell us, though perhaps not reliably, that …
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Marble portrait of Julius Caesar
The head has been burnt and is badly damaged, with the prope…
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Pair of disc and amphora earrings linked by a long chain
Following the arrival of Alexander the Great in Egypt in 332…
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Bronze figure of Ba'alat Gebal
This bronze figurine represents Astarte, an ancient fertilit…
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Clay coffin
This is one of three complete coffins excavated at Uruk by W…
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Stone relief from Persepolis showing a servant
This relief from Persepolis shows a servant wearing so-calle…
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Stone relief from the Apadana (audience hall) at Persepolis
This broken relief from the Persian royal capital Persepolis…
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Stonepaste cup in the shape of a harpy
A harpy is a mythical bird with the head of a woman. It feat…
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The marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxanna, a chased gold plaque made by Ishmail Parbury
The recognition and development of the art of chasing in Eng…
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Bronze statuette of Nero
Though idealized, the facial features on this statuette do r…
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Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II
Nectanebo II (reigned 360-343 BC) was the last native king o…
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Gold octadrachm of Ptolemy II
Touch the animation button on the left for a translation of …
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Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great
The kings of Macedon began to issue coinage in the early fif…
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Silver tetradrachm of Seleucus I
The conquests of Alexander the Great changed the world for e…
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Bronze mask of Dionysos
This striking mask was originally one of a pair of supports …
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Ivory casket with scenes from the Romances
A numbers of caskets with Romance scenes were made in the wo…
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Leonardo da Vinci, Bust of a warrior in profile, a silverpoint drawing
This study is drawn in metalpoint , specifically silverpoint…
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