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Sketches of Three Male Heads in Profile
Italian, Roman or Lombard Late 16th century
Statue of Augustus Caesar (recto and verso)
Unknown Italian Late 16th century
Saint Helena and the True Cross
Italian Late 16th Century
Stoning of Staint Stephen
Unknown Artist Italian, Rome or North Italian, late 16th centlury
After the Antique: Trajan's Victorious Combat against the Dacians
Unknown Artist Italian, 16th century
Tomb of Pope Gregory XIV in Saint Peter's
Unknown Artist Italian or German, n.d.
Statue of the Aphrodite of Knidos
Roman
Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Apollo
Roman, minted in Rome
Fragment of a Necklace
Roman; probably Egypt
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III
Bottle
Roman; Syria or Palestine
Portrait Head of Emperor Hadrian
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Otho
Roman; minted in Rome
Relief of a Falling Warrior
Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Mariniana
Portrait Head of a Woman
Portrait Bust of a Woman
Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian
Dupondius (Coin) Portraying Germanicus Caesar
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius