Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities

Gloucestershire numismatists Silbury Coins is offering a collection of Iron age coins dubbed the Tarrant Gunville Hoard.

Art and antiquities dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch have sold two glass items to a US museum.

The J Paul Getty Museum has purchased a Hellenistic gold box-bezel ring, describing it as “one of the finest and best-preserved surviving examples of this ancient jewellery type”.

A collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha will now go on public display in India.

An ancient Egyptian cosmetic vessel made in the form of a grasshopper or cicada sold for £340,000 at Apollo Art Auctions in London on July 27.

There was high demand for a collection of what appeared to be Roman dental instruments at a recent Apollo Art Auctions sale.

A rare Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet panel has been blocked from export from the UK after it was bought at auction at Spink in September last year.

ForgeLynch is getting into the Christmas spirit with an exhibition called 'Gifts from the Ancient World'.

Philip Hewat-Jaboor was the chairman of the Masterpiece art fair and amassed a significant antiquities collection at his Jersey home

A collection of 254 gold and silver coins spanning different Greek eras and geographical areas sold for a total hammer price of £3.14m at Noonans – a record for the Mayfair auction house.

Philip Hewat-Jaboor (1953-2022) was the chairman of Masterpiece Art Fair and amassed a significant antiquities collection at his Jersey home.