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5th century BCE silver and bronze coins from the ancient Greek city of Akragas in Sicily, Italy

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5th century BCE silver and bronze coins from the ancient Greek city of Akragas in Sicily, Italy

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Silver and gold coins from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, 5th-3rd century BCE

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Silver and gold coins from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, 5th-3rd century BCE

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A silver stater from the ancient Greek city of Kroton in modern day Italy, 500-480 BCE

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A silver stater from the ancient Greek city of Kroton in modern day Italy, 500-480 BCE

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A 5th century BCE silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Messana in modern day Italy. Now housed at the BnF Museum in Paris

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A 5th century BCE silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Messana in modern day Italy. Now housed at the BnF Museum in Paris

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Electrum hectae from the ancient Greek city of Phocaea in Turkey, 7th-4th century BCE

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Electrum hectae from the ancient Greek city of Phocaea in Turkey, 7th-4th century BCE

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An Agathokles electrum coin from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, struck in c. 304-289 BCE

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An Agathokles electrum coin from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy, struck in c. 304-289 BCE

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Ancient Greek coins from Syracuse, Sicily at the Altes Museum in Berlin.

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Ancient Greek coins from Syracuse, Sicily at the Altes Museum in Berlin.

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Ancient bronze male nude figure from Italy, c. 7th century BCE.

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Ancient bronze male nude figure from Italy, c. 7th century BCE.

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Electrum hectae from the ancient city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece, 6th-4th century BCE

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Electrum hectae from the ancient city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece, 6th-4th century BCE

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Ancient Greek coins from Syracuse, 5th century BCE. Decorated with an octopus as a symbol of maritime strength.

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Ancient Greek coins from Syracuse, 5th century BCE. Decorated with an octopus as a symbol of maritime strength.

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The Artemision Bronze, c. 5th century BCE. A Greek bronze sculpture said to be of Zeus discovered in an ancient shipwreck in 1926 off of Cape Artemision.

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The Artemision Bronze, c. 5th century BCE. A Greek bronze sculpture said to be of Zeus discovered in an ancient shipwreck in 1926 off of Cape Artemision.

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Ancient South Arabian inscription on the Greek island of Delos, circa second century BC

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Ancient South Arabian inscription on the Greek island of Delos, circa second century BC

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Ancient bronze sculpture of a standing man from Iberia, c. 3rd-2nd century BCE.

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Ancient bronze sculpture of a standing man from Iberia, c. 3rd-2nd century BCE.

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Ancient Greek Corinthian-type bronze helmet, c. 7th century BCE.

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Ancient Greek Corinthian-type bronze helmet, c. 7th century BCE.

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Greek tragedy in a silver bowl from Ancient Pakistan, Eagle medallion ringed by figures from Euripides, 4th–5th century CE.

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Greek tragedy in a silver bowl from Ancient Pakistan, Eagle medallion ringed by figures from Euripides, 4th–5th century CE.

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Mosaic from the gymnasium of the ancient Hellenistic city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan, 3rd-2nd century BCE

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Mosaic from the gymnasium of the ancient Hellenistic city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan, 3rd-2nd century BCE

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Bronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes from the Hellenistic era, 3rd–1st century BCE

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Bronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes from the Hellenistic era, 3rd–1st century BCE

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Roman copy of a Greek sculpture from the 5th century BCE. Scientists date the object to the years of the Severian dynasty .

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Roman copy of a Greek sculpture from the 5th century BCE. Scientists date the object to the years of the Severian dynasty .

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Silenus cradling an infant Dionysus. Roman copy from late 4th century BC of the bronze Greek original, presumably by Lysippos. Louvre

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Silenus cradling an infant Dionysus. Roman copy from late 4th century BC of the bronze Greek original, presumably by Lysippos. Louvre

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A bronze fountain gargoyle in the shape of a deer, from Islamic-era Spain, 10th century

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A bronze fountain gargoyle in the shape of a deer, from Islamic-era Spain, 10th century

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