The Ancient Way of Life

~ Tetradrachm of Syracuse with head of Persephone, struck under Agathokles.

Culture: Greek

Period: Early Hellenistic

Date: 310–305 B.C.

Mint: Sicily, Syracuse

Medium: Silver

~ Hippocamp.

Place of origin: Italy, Sicily (Centuripe)

Culture: Greek

Date: 3rd century B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

~ Hippocamp.

Place of origin: Italy, Sicily (Centuripe)

Culture: Greek

Date: 3rd century B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

~ Appliqué with Satyr walking to the left.

Culture: Greek 

Place of origin: Italy, Sicily

Date: 2nd century B.C.

Period: Greco-Roman

Medium: Ivory

~ The So-called Horn of Saint Blaise.

Date: A.D. 1100-1200

Place of origin: South Italy or Sicily

Medium: Ivory

~ Tetradrachm of Leontinoi with head of Apollo.

Culture: Greek

Period: Classical Period

Date: 466–422 B.C.

Mint: Sicily, Leontinoi

Medium: Silver

~ Casket.

Place of origin: Sicily

Date: A.D. 12th century

Medium: Ivory, brass, tempera, and gold leaf.

~ Head of a Woman.

Culture: Greek (Sicilian)

Place of origin: Sicily, Italy

Date: 350–300 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta with white slip and polychromy (pink, red, dark pink, white, purple).

~ Drachm of Syracuse with the head of Persephone, struck under Hieron II. Culture: Greek Period: Hellenistic Date: 274–216 B.C. Mint: Sicily, Syracuse Medium: Gold

~ Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga. Culture: Greek Period: Classical Period Date: 413–410 B.C. Mint: Sicily, Syracuse

~ Statuette of Aphrodite. Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place of origin: Centuripe, Sicily, Italy Date: 300 - 200 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with white slip and polychromy (light blue, pink, red)

~ Bust of a Female Figure. Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place of origin: Sicily, Italy Date: 300 - 200 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with traces of polychromy

~Mask of a Satyr. Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place of origin: Sicily, Italy Date: 200 - 100 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with polychromy (brownish red, orange red, white, black, pink, sky blue)

~Tetradrachm of Syracuse with head of Persephone, struck under Agathokles. Culture: Greek Period: Early Hellenistic Period Date: 310–305 B.C. Mint: Syracuse, Sicily

~The Tristan quilt/ Bed cover. Place of origin: Sicily (made) Date: ca. 1360-1400 (made) Artist/Maker: Unknown (production) Materials and Techniques: Linen quilted and padded with cotton wadding with outlines in brown and white linen thread

~Thymiaterion Supported by a Statuette of Nike. Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Greek (Sicilian) Place: Sicily, Italy (Place created) Date: 500 - 475 B.C. Medium: Terracotta with white slip and polychromy (red, dark blue, black)

~Tetradrachm of Himera with quadriga. Greek, Early Classical Period, 472–450 B.C. Himera, Sicily