Ancient Roman art

500 BCE – 476

Europe

The art of empire: realistic portraits, triumphal arches and columns, mosaics, and wall paintings preserved at Pompeii.

Selected works

Finger Ring probably mid–3rd-early 2nd century BCE

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Roma 136 BCE

Bowl Fragment Late 1st century BCE-mid–1st century CE

Fragment of a Vessel 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Denarius (Coin) Portraying King Ancus Marcius 56 BCE, issued by L. Marcius Philippus

Denarius (Coin) Depicting Liberty 54 BCE, issued by Roman Republic, M. Junius Brutus (moneyer)

Fragment of a Bowl late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE

Fragment of a Cup 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Cistophoric Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Mark Antony 39-38 BCE, issued by Mark Antony

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Octavian 32-29 BCE

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Octavian 28 BCE, issued by Octavian

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus 19-18 BCE, issued by Augustus

Intaglio Depicting a Horse Intaglio: 1st century Setting: date unknown (modern)

Statuette of an Enthroned Figure 1st century

Fragment of a Statue of Venus 1st-2nd century

Statuette of a Lictor First half of the 1st century

Relief Fragments Depicting a Seated Woman and a Griffin Early 1st century

Statue of Meleager 1st-2nd century

Frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries c. 60 CE

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius 138

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Marcus Aurelius 167 (December)-168 (December), issued by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

Aurelianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tacitus 276 (January-June), issued by Tacitus

Argenteus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Diocletian 300, issued by Diocletian or Maximianus

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Maximianus Herculius 303