Curiosities of ancient Rome

Horse’s head from a Roman statue showing an equite on horseback. The sculpture was made of gilded bronze. 

Roman tombstone of Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera, a soldier of Semitic origin, who was an archer and ensign in the 1st Sagittariorum cohort.

Roman scale, made of bronze. Dated on the 1st-2nd century CE. The object was found in the village of Hrtkovci in northern Serbia.

Roman glass amphora and a basket for storing the vessel. The object is dated to the 4th-5th century CE; 16 cm high.

The Roman mosaic shows a cobra. It is a fragment of a scene from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. The object is dated to 2nd BCE – 1st century CE.

Roman key made of copper. Dated on the 1st-4th century CE.

A statue of a Roman holding the busts of his ancestors, the so-called “The Barberini statue” is one of the main examples of Roman portrait sculpture mastery of the ancient period. It was created during the reign of Emperor Octavian Augustus, but its form is not uniform, because it shows the stylistic changes of the Roman portrait of the second half of the 1st century BCE and consists of elements created in stages.

Roman bust of a man from high social classes. The object was found in Asia Minor and dates back to the 3rd century CE.

Roman golden ring showing the goddess of luck and fate Fortune. Object dated to the 1st-2nd century CE.

Roman small figurine depicting a lion. Made of amber, dated to the 1st BCE – 1st century CE.