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Cameo double portrait of the emperor Trajan and his wife Plotina

This double portrait shows the Roman emperor Trajan and his …
Torso of a statue of the emperor Hadrian wearing a cuirass

This torso belonged to a statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian…
Head from a statue of the god Dionysus

This sculpture shows Dionysus, Greek god of wine, and imitat…
Basalt door

This door is carved in imitation of a wooden door studded wi…
Marble pilaster capitals from the Pantheon in Rome

These marble capitals come from the interior of the Pantheon…
Bust of Antinous

Antinous was Greek and born in Mantineum, a small place near…
Bronze rattle (sistrum)

Rattles such as this were usually made of bronze, but someti…
Bronze statuette of a legionary

The legionary (foot soldier) wears a tunic, with an outer sk…
Marble sarcophagus with lid

The sarcophagus is rectangular in shape and the lid is in th…
Marble statue of Dionysos

Dionysos is heavily draped, and his hair bound with an ivy w…
Painted roundel with portraits of a man and a woman

This roundel or medallion originally formed part of the deco…
Terracotta 'Campana' relief with a Nilotic scene

This relief panel represents a lighthearted Roman interpreta…
Terracotta figurine of 2 gladiators

Early representations of gladiatorial combat show both men d…
Boars' tusk pendant

This pendant is made from a pair of boar tusks, originally j…
Child's shoe

This small shoe, from a waterlogged deposit in London, proba…
Colour-coated pot

Fine table wares with smooth, shiny surface slips, often dec…
Cosmetic grinder

This small bronze implement is one part of a two-piece set w…
Dragonesque brooch

The 'dragonesque' form of this brooch is typically Romano-Br…
Floor tile

The sketch appears to show a pharos , a Roman lighthouse. Tw…
Glass beaker

This beaker is a fine example of a high-quality vessel made …
Gridiron

Cooking in Roman Britain was often done over charcoal fires …
Iron cauldron hanger

This is the upper part of an iron chain assembly used to sus…
Iron hipposandal

Nailed horseshoes were known but rarely used by the Romans. …
Iron plough coulter

The coulter was a technical innovation introduced to Britain…
Iron window grille

Ironwork grilles were commonly used in the Roman world to pr…
Lead curse (defixio)

The wishing of ill-health, or worse, on a person is typical …
Lead pig (ingot)

Lead was widely used in the Roman world, both as a constitue…
Lead tank

This lead tank is one of three found at Icklingham, where an…
Oculist's stamp

This small stone stamp was used for marking semi-solid stick…
Pair of dragonesque brooches

This pair of dragonesque brooches has enamelled decoration i…
Pottery face-urn

Cremation was the usual burial rite in the earlier Roman per…
Samian ware bowl

The graffiti, inscribed around the underside of the bowl, re…
Square silver dish

This dish was found in 1839. Though it is tempting to assume…
Steelyard weight

This bronze weight (1200 g), for a statera , or steelyard, h…
Tombstone of a soldier's daughter

The name of the woman is missing from this broken tombstone.…
Tombstone of a young boy, Marcus Cocceius Nonnus

This tombstone was found in 1828 about 200 metres north of t…
Tombstone of Volusia Faustina

The woman depicted in the left-hand portrait bust, wearing a…
Wooden writing-tablet

This is part of a writing-tablet made of fir wood. On the in…
A wooden writing-tablet

The exterior of this tablet has been branded with a circular…
Gold aureus commemorating the consecration of the emperor Hadrian

This gold coin was issued by Antoninus Pius, the successor o…
Silver shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt, struck over a denarius of the Emperor Hadrian

This silver coin shows how, in an act of defiance against Ro…
Marble bust of the emperor Hadrian wearing military dress

This portrait bust was found at the Villa Adriana, the Roman…
Britannia on a copper coin of Hadrian

Modern British coins often feature the figure of Britannia, …
Gold bars with assayers' stamps

In the late fourth century AD, the Roman taxman wanted gold …
Gold medallion of Claudius II

By the late third century AD, gold medals had become importa…
Gold medallion of Diocletian

Diocletian was the most successful of the pagan Balkan emper…
Silver denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus

This coin was struck in honour of Marcus Junius Brutus, one …
Basalt bust of Germanicus

This bust shows the Roman general Germanicus (15 BC - AD 19)…
Black slip jug with barbotine decoration

The jug is covered with an overall dull black slip (a coatin…
Bronze diploma granting citizenship to Marcus Papirius

The bronze diploma comprises two inscribed sheets of bronze,…
Bronze figurine of a lictor (magistrate's attendant)

The figurine shows a lictor , one of the officials who accom…
Bronze gladiator's helmet

This bronze helmet is said to have been found in the gladiat…
Bronze lampstand

The bronze shaft and tripod feet of this lampstand are cover…
Bronze phallic wind chime (tintinabulum)

Bronze wind chimes like these were hung up in gardens and po…
Bronze statue of a goose

This life-sized image of a goose was found on the site of th…
Cobalt-blue glass beaker

This remarkable beaker, blown into a silver case, may illust…
Colossal marble statue of Apollo

This colossal marble statue came from the Temple of Apollo a…
Fragment of a marble shield

The Parthenon in Athens was built about 447-438 BC to house …
Gaulish red slip pottery bowl

This fine tableware bowl is covered with decoration. A band …
Glass box

This mould-blown box, a product of the Sidonian industry, be…
Glass cup

This fine cup was found in Tomb 114 at Kourion in Cyprus and…
Glass cylindrical box

Only a shallow dish of similar greenish-blue glass in the Co…
Glass flask

Excavations at Cologne in the Rhineland suggest that there w…
Glass triple-bodied bottle

It is comparatively easy to make a bottle with a double body…
Gold ring showing the Temple of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos

The design shows a semi-circular courtyard before the façade…
Ivory comb of Modestina

This double-sided comb probably came from a woman's grave. T…
Lamp showing a chariot race

The circus, with its long, narrow structure purpose-built fo…
Lead coffin with lid

The coffin and its lid are made of moulded sheets of lead so…

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