Ancient Roman non monetary artefacts

They are all Roman, but some of the glass might be classified as "Byzantine".

 

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..only used by a little old lady in Antioch on Sundays and... found by this guy

 

I remember the first ancient coin I purchased was in the mid-1960’s at a monthly coin club meeting in a small Midwest town...it was a Constantine coin, but what fascinated me was a Roman Sword (like the one pictured) which the collector would not part with...to this date I remember the young collector (maybe 16+ years old) that the sword could have been used in the British isles by a Roman soldier who possibly rode a Mastiff into battle. Great memory, even if Mastiffs were not used in that way.

 

Really a fond memory of that 1st coin buy and what was going on around you there when you got it..kool!

 

Sorry to be late to the party, but I misplaced the cord to download the pics from my camera. I have a soft spot for ancient ceramic vessels, so here are a few from the Roman portion of my collection. I left in the mirror reflections so you get the rounded view.

The first shelf has medium small vessels, mostly in the 4-6 inch range for height.
This second shelf is mostly Roman glass, except for a group of Late Roman lamps. The dark object middle front is a bronze lamp in the shape of an ethrog. The little glass bottles less then 2" tall are mostly unguentaria, but who knows what all else they might have held?

 

I am big fan of old glass as well, but my collection is much more recent in age.
I think its astonishing that so many perfect samples of roman glass and ceramics can be found in private collections around the world.

 

I have a Lucanian pottery fragment. They inhabited areas such as Poseidonia Italy.

 

I impulsively grabbed a few of these from a FAC auction...I just couldn't resist a Roman 'safety-pin' of my own.....and then I went on a fossil binge elsewhere

 

I got those at the local coin show, but I am doubting itheir authenticity.
The dark one is made from some kind of stone and the white one that looks like sugar cube, I dont have a clue.
Do you have any thoughts if these are roman and what they are made of?

Thanks!