Art and antiquities (4912 Subjects)
Ancient coins of Lipari.
Ancient coins of Gelo and his brother Hiero, rulers of Syracuse.
Ancient coins of Dionysius the Elder, Agathocles and Pyrrhus, rulers of Syracuse.
Ancient coins of Hiero II, Queen Philistis, Theron of Acragas and Phintias of Acragas.
Roman coins from Sicily.
Part of wall of the Hellenistic or the Roman period at ancient Aptera, near Chania.
Part of ancient wall near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, near Chania.
Ancient inscription of a city decree discovered by the author near the foundations of the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, Chania, following a brief excavation.
Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.
Remains at ancient Lappa (known as Gaidouropolis in the Ottoman period, today Argyroupolis).
Ancient coins of Rethymno.
Cave of Melidoni.
Part of ancient wall at Axos, Rethymno.
Inscription in Doric dialect found by the author in a church at the village of Stavromenos, on his return trip from Melidoni to Rethymno.
Part of ancient inscription in Doric dialect from Axos, Rethymno.
Ancient coins of Axos.
Silver coin of Axos, in the possession of the Duke of Modena.
Coins of ancient Tylissos.
The fountain of Bebo at Kornaros square, Heraklion, Crete. The fountain was built between 1552 and 1554 by captain Gianmatteo Bebo. It bears a Venetian coat of arms. At the centre, statue of the Roman era.
Coins of Knossos.
Coins of Knossos.
Remains of ancient wall, probably of the Minoan age on Mount Youchtas, Heraklion province.
Ancient coins of Hierapetra.
Inscription of ancient Priansos, seen and transcribed by the author at Toplou monastery, Sitia province.
Coins of ancient Priansos.
Winged statuette, probably of Eros, discovered at the excavations near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at ancient Aptera, under the author's supervision. The author took the statuette with him to Britain.
Sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: Marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Details from the sarcophagus of Arvi or Pashley sarcophagus: marble sarcophagus with relief showing the triumphal return of Dionysus, discovered in Arvi, Heraklion province, and taken to Britain by Robert Pashley, today housed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Lamp with Ganymedes, taken to Britain by the author.