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Hildesheim silver treasure with vessels in Greek shapes (c2ndC BCE) at Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Athena bowl (150 BCE-100 BCE) from Hildesheim Silver Hoard at Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Silver bowl (1stC CE) with Bust of Heracles found with Hildesheim silver treasure with at Altes Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Roman silver & gold statuette of bull (c100 BCE - 79 CE) from Pompeii at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA. |
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Roman bronze statue of comic actor wearing an animal mask (c100 BCE - 100 CE) at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA. | Roman bronze lamp is shape of comic actor (75-125 CE) at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA. | Roman bronze Wolf Head (1-100 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH. | Bronze sistrum from Rome (Roman period - 30 BCE - 641) played by women in Egyptian temples at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA. |
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Iron helmet (2nd half 1stC BCE) from Vié Cioutat, Mons (Gard) at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France. | Bronze sculpture of captive (end 1stC BCE) Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Roman portrait head at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH. | Roman bronze Victory with Cornucopia (40-68 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH. |
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Bronze figure (150 CE) of Roman Empress as Demeter donating bread to the people at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany. | Roman bronze mask of Seilenoi (early 1stC) at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria. | Bronze covered Roman-era iron pan (first half of 1stC) found in Rhone at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Bronze jug (1stC CE) at University of Missouri Museum of Art & Archaeology. Columbia, MO. |
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Roman bronze jug (1st-2ndC) found in a river south of Glasgow at Hunterian Museum. Glasgow, Scotland. | Roman bronze lamp with horse's head handle (1stC CE) at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX. | Roman-era bronze, iron & ceramic oil lamps at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman strigils (1st-3rd C CE) at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX. |
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Roman stirgiles for scraping sweat off skin plus glass bottle for balms found near Augsburg at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman-era beaded bracelet plus bronze sprung fasteners (Fibeln) found near Heimstetten at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Reconstruction of northern Scottish Carnyx war trumpet whose sound in battle lead Romans to call their enemies Carnyx beside original head (100-200) from Deskford at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Roman era horse tack (100-200) found around Scotland at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Bronze horse head armor with reliefs of Roman gods from Kelheim at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Bronze horse eye protectors with relief of figure of Victory with palm branches from Kelheim at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman Bronze helmet back of head details with two representing hairstyles from Kelheim at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Bronze oriental-style Roman face mask from Kelheim at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. |
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Roman bronze face mask of a parade helmet for equestrian fighting games found Straß-Moos at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman cavalry bronze face mask (50-100) from Newstead at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Bronze Roman infantry parade helmet (late 2ndC) found in Bavaria at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Iron with bronze trim Roman infantry helmet (late 2ndC) found in Bavaria at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. |
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Roman cavalry helmet (early 3rdC) at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Bronze Roman infantry helmet (2nd-3rdC) found near Weißenburg at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Gilded iron Roman officer's helmet (copy) (4th-5thC) from Augsburg at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Bronze armor collar fastening plates with images of Mars & Minerva found near Manching at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. |
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Roman military honors in form of metal ring & coins plus an iron spear with image of Mars for tip of standard found near Ansbach & Kelheim at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman bottle spout in shape of mule at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria. | Roman bronze Tritonide sea nymph (1stC BCE - 1stC CE) from Asia Minor at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Bronze mask of Dionysus (late 2ndC CE) from Rome at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. |
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Silver coat hook found on Esquiline hill in Rome (c380 CE) at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Bronze statuette of Roman priest offering incense (1stC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman bronze statuette of winged victory (1stC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Bronze god representing annual force of life over death found in Coligny at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. |
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Silver goblet with Gallic gods (2nd half of 1stC) made in Lugdunum at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman bronze decorated bucket (2nd-3rdC) at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Roman bronze ornamental offering in shape of ship (2nd half 2ndC) at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Gallic god's head with hair & necklace of a typically pre-Roman Gallic found in Rouen at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. |
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Bronze statue of Neptune? (2ndC) found in Rhone River at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Bronze statue of Jupiter found in Saône River at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman-era dodecahedrons of unknown usage at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman bronze busts of Mars (2nd-3rdC) & a woman at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France. |
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Roman metal statue of discus thrower (2nd-3rdC CE) at Antikensammlungen. Munich, Germany. | Silver casserole (3rdC CE) from Tarraconensis now Spain at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Roman silver spoons from Vaise treasure horde (end 3rdC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman silver platter with country scenes on rim from Vaise treasure horde (end 3rdC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. |
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Roman silver statuette of Apollo from Vaise treasure horde (end 3rdC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Imperial Roman lead plumbing at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France. | Roman medallion with gladiators (2nd-mid 3rd C) from Cavillargues (Gard) at Musée de la Romanité. Nimes, France. | Examples of Roman plumbing pipes at Pont du Gard museum. Nimes, France. |
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Roman-era iron ship anchor at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Gilded bronze Roman-era relief figure of Victory at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Roman-era metal objects found in Rhone River were probably for scrap metal trade at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Roman-era decorated bronze bracket at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. |
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Roman-era bronze statuettes of classical gods at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Roman-era bronze votive offering statue (end 3rdC) of hand holding oval sick organ in need of cure at Arles Antiquities Museum. Arles, France. | Roman & Byzantine metal sculptures at Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge, MA. | Roman or Byzantine silver box with sleeping Eros (300-400) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. |
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Bronze vessels reputedly found in 1822 at Roman fort near Kirkintilloch at Abbotsford House. Melrose, Scotland. | Silver replica of Roman bowl found in Traprain Hoard (1912-3) by Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Roman bronze serving bowls & wine strainers from Helmsdale Hoard (200-400) at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Traprain treasure hoard (early 5thC) given as bulk silver by Romans as bribe to keep Scots chief from attacking England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Silver flagons & plate of Traprain treasure hoard (early 5thC) Roman bribe to keep Scots from attacking England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Silver bowls of Traprain treasure hoard (early 5thC) Roman bribe to keep Scots from attacking England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Silver spoons (early 5thC) of Traprain treasure hoard Roman bribe to keep Scots from attacking England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Silver panther & leopard handles (early 5thC) of Traprain treasure hoard Roman bribe to keep Scots from attacking England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Roman silver platter with allegory of fertility at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria. | Bronze mask of comedy (late 3rdC - early 4thC CE) from Rome at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Bronze fountain mask of Roman god oceanus with marine animals in his hair at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Gilded mirror back with relief of three graces (2ndC) found near Eichstätt at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. |
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Roman coins produced by Lugdunum (Lyon) mint (up to 4thC) at Gallo Roman Museum. Lyon, France. | Roman coins with portraits of Caesars at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Roman coins with portraits of Caesars at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Trier hoard of 2,600 gold coins (dating from 63-196 CE) discovered in a bronze barrel in 1993 now at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. |
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Hoard (233 CE) of Roman coins (ranging 54-228 CE) from town of Cambodunum near modern Kempten, Germany at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman silver spoons (3rd-5thC) at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Silver busts of two women (late 4thC) were dated by hairstyle at Trier Archaeological Museum. Trier, Germany. | Gallo-Roman gold statuette of a man (late 4th- early 5thC) at Dumbarton Oaks Museum. Washington, DC. |
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Silver cup found in Roman-era grave near Lübsow, Poland at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Bronze vessels found in Roman-era grave near Lübsow, Poland at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Roman-era bronze & glass grave hoard (c200 CE) found near Augsburg at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Roman-era wall painting (1stC) from Kempten plus bronze masks & vessels plus white sections of lead pipe at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. |
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Votive statues of Greek & Roman gods at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. | Bronze & iron kettle (early 3rdC) from Immendorf at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany. |
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