Hellenistic History Gallery

dc spoilers barnescollection tim gurner pepperjinks nagadai

Punic mausoleum of Bes (2nd century BCE), from Sabratha, Libya

Marble portrait of the Hellenistic monarch and military commander Pyrrhus of Epirus (318-272 BCE).

historyfilia:Hellenistic rock tombs from Kaunos, Turkey (4th – 2nd century BC)

Statuette of the goddess Artemis/Diana. Unknown Anatolian artist; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Getty Vi

Sardonyx cameo depicting a Ptolemaic prince as Hermes. Artist unknown; 3rd cent. BCE. Now in the C

Seleucus I Nicator, Hellenistic ruler and founder of the Seleucid dynasty. Roman bronze copy after

Drachma from Bruttium (Locri or Croton). On the obverse, Hera Lacinia; on the reverse, Zeus with hi

Stephanophoric silver tetradrachm of the Euboean polis of Eretria. On the obverse, a bust of Artemi

Hellenistic copper-alloy bust of a man, thought by some scholars to depict Philip V of Macedon (r. 2

Silver didrachm of the polis of Neapolis (Naples) in Magna Graecia (south Italy). On the obverse, a

Tetradrachm of the Hellenistic monarch Antigonus III Doson (r. 229-221 BCE). On the obverse, the wr

Acropolis of Lindos (I), Rhodes Rhodes | Greece

8-litrai silver coin of Syracuse, signed by the engraver Ly(sid…) On the obverse, the head o

The Stoa of Attalos, Agora of Athens, Greece. These two male statues were excavated in the archaeolo

historyfilia:Pair of serpentine armbands Hellenistic, ca. 200 B.C. Medium: GoldNow at the Metropolit

Head (black bronze) of Ptolemy II or III. Artist unknown; 246-222 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Mus

cleopatrasdaughter:The Last Greek Ptolemaic Royal Family of EgyptCleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic

Coin of King Monounius I (r. ca. 290-270 BCE) of the Dardanian state, depicting a cow and suckling c

Marble bust of Antisthenes (ca. 445-365 BCE), Socratic philosopher sometimes credited as the founder

Terracotta figurine from Myrina, depicting an actor of Greek New Comedy. Artist unknown; late 3rd o

Hellenistic bronze statuette of a boxer. Artist unknown; 1st cent. BCE. Now in the Walters Art Mus

The Trojan prince Troilus brings his horse to a fountain to drink, while Achilles (to the left; not

The head of a woman. Tondo of an Etruscan plate, variously attributed to the Genucilia Group or the

historyoftheancientworld:Head of Hephaestion. Lifelong friend of Alexander The Great. Getty Museum.

Prev Next