EditorialSardonyx cameo with a Bacchic group, Greek or Roman, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, Date 1st century B.C.1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Sardonyx, Overall: 1 5/16 x 1 7/16in. (3.3 x 3.6cm), Gems.
EditorialHead of a marble statuette of Asklepios, Roman, Hellenistic, Date 3rd2nd century B.C., Roman, Marble, Island, Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 7.3 x 7 cm), Stone Sculpture.
EditorialGerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Roman-Hellenistic town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The northern theatre of Gerasa, built 165 as bouleuterion for the city council, then changed into a...