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A gold pendant earring with filigree decoration. Venusia, southern Italy, VII century CE.(Archaeological Museum of Venosa, Italy)

A Roman bronze coin of Venusia (modern Venosa), southern Italy. Eagle grasping three arrows and VE inscription. (Archaeological Museum of Venosa, Italy)

Gold and glass paste pendant earring with filigree and granulation. Acropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

A gold and carnelian ring with leaf of life carving. Acropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

A gold cameo ring depicting Aphrodite and Eros. Acropolis of Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

Gold and glass paste earrings. Acropolis of Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

Gold ring with carved red bezel. Tomb 1251, western necropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

Gold disk earrings with filigree decoration. Tomb 22, southern necropolis, Herakleia, southern Italy. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Siritide, Policoro, Italy)

Amethyst, glass paste and gold ring. 6th-7th century CE. Archaeological Museum of Venosa, Italy.

Bronze plaque in the form of an amulet, inscribed with cuneiform inscriptions. The figures of four deities were incised above the inscriptions. Marduk holds on a necklace and stands on a dragon while Nabu holds a stylus. Probably from the...