Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities

Colourful collections star at joint exhibitions held by Claire Brown Art with Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch

A Panticapaeum gold stater, struck in present day Crimea c.350-300BC, has regained the rank of the world’s most expensive classical coin.

On May 25 Hindman holds its latest sale of Antiquities and Ancient Art in Chicago.

Investigation by saleroom specialist pays off as Castle Howard connection helps a chandelier to impress

Richard Beale, the owner and managing director of London coin auction house Roma Numismatics, has been arrested in New York in connection with the sale of a record-breaking classical coin.

This 13 x 13in (33 x 33cm) brick is from the walls of Babylon and dates from 604-562BC.

A huge collection of cameos bought by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) will now go on display at the museum in Leiden.

To one side of this gold aureus struck in Rome in 180-83 is a sensually draped portrait of the goddess Venus.

A spectacular Roman gold medallion took a record price at the latest New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC).

Roman dodecahedra continue to baffle after more than two-and-a-half centuries of study.

A bust of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius sold for more than ten-times its low estimate at a Sotheby's sale