Anyone collect ancient trinkets?

Roman signet rings, celctic brooches, egyptian ushabti’s?

These things appeal to me, but ive always shied away from them because of fakes, as verifying authenticity isnt the same as coins.

Though I did get this little crucifix today. It's so crude and deteriorated that I liked my chances. The bulbous surface reminds me a lot of viking blades and metal pieces that have survived.



Still I would love to get a silver roman ring if I felt good about it likely being real.

 

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I don't but nice piece.

 

I have a few rings from Roman period, they came from a reputeable seller but I'm no expert. The few coins I bought from him I'm confident in but really don't know how to authenticate things like rings & such.
This is one of them

I also have some viking artifacts but no longer collect them.

 

Nice posts, Guys.

I collect Egyptian Royal Scarabs, but very few "trinkets".

I have a few:


Egypt Faience Eye of Horus Amulet ca 1070-332 BCE 3rd Int to Late Per - Blue glaze double sided


Egypt Faience Eye of Horus Amulet ca 1070-713 BCE 3rd Int Per - orange glaze Petrie Amulets plate XXV 19mm


Egyptian red-black stone amulet of a trussed ox Late Period 664-332 BC 25x16mm Ex Norma Goldman 1922-2011


RI Pair of Roman dice 1st -3rd century 10mm Bone

 

Beautiful artifact @HBrider ! I'm always on the lookout for Holy relics. Here’s a beautiful piece that I received as a gift from one of our awesome and generous collectors— @lordmarcovan

 

My bro like to dabble in antiquities. Here are a couple of them:



Erin

 

I have a couple of roman rings that came in an uncleaned hoard plus an arrowhead from a roman era archer. It's about three inches long and barbed, thus hard to remove. I guess the provenance would be late third-fourth century (dating to about the same time as the coins, which ranged in age from Aurelian to Honorius and Theodosius II.

 

I have this:



AND this ring,

LURISTAN - Western Iran, c.1000-650B.C.



AND this collection (Egypt)

 

I like plumb bobs and knucklebones:

 

Well, I did get this freebie from Ken Dorney

 

ARROW HEADS:


China Xinjiang Warring States Period 475-221 BCE Arrowhead socketed leaf shaped biblade w grooves nailhole bronze 36x10mm 3.9g


Scythia 2 AE Arrowheads 7th-3rd C BC Trilobate Lower Danube 21-25mm


SLING STONES:


Roman Sling Stone 200 BCE - 400 CE Almond Shaped PB lead 34x14mm 42.4g


Roman Sling Stone 200 BCE - 400 CE Almond Shaped PB lead 37x14mm 41.2g

The FOUNDATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: ROMAN CONCRETE!


Rome ISCA Legio II Augusta 75-300 CE Caerleon Concrete 2 pcs 26x21mm ea


CHINESE CAST COIN MOLD:


China Wu Zhu coin clay mold unearthed in SanMenXia City in HeNan Province full obverse impression partial second impression probly H-8.6 110-90 BCE

 

ANCIENT SHARK TOOTH - MEGALODON?


Sharks Tooth 43x29mm - Morehead City - NC

 

EGYPTIAN SCARABAE:

(I collect mainly HEART SCARABS and ROYAL SCARABS)



Egypt Amenhotep III Scarab 1390-1352 BCE cartouch Neb Maat Ra 43.37g 45mm ex Gustave Mustake


Egypt 21st Dynasty Scarab 16x11mm Pharoah Neterkheperre 986-967 BCE ex DeVries collection George Fraser pg 41 #329 Plate XII
Ex: @Ken Dorney


Egypt SCARAB Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE Scarabeaus Sphinx


Egypt Scarab Pamai Pamay 830 - 773 BCE 8th Pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty 960 - 766 BC High Priest of Ma'at.


Egypt SCARAB Seti I ca 1291-1278 BCE 19th Dynasty ex Zuzim


Egypt SCARAB Thuthmosis III ca 1504-1450 BCE ex CNG ex Hendin


Egyptian basalt heart scarab, Late Period, c. 664 - 332 BCE 1.9 cm. Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts

 

Bone cowrie proto-money. That is, not shells but bone carved to look like shells. China, 3000 BC...

 

Egyptian faience ushabti, 1000 BC...

 

Scythian bronze arrowhead, 6th century BC...

 

Oil lamp, Tranjordan, 1st century AD...

 

Late Roman belt buckle...