Skip to main content
Items Similar to Ancient Roman Marble Inscribed Panel
Ancient Roman Bottom of a Koré sculpture in marble
Ancient Roman Bottom of a Koré sculpture in marble
Large Medieval inscription
Large Medieval inscription
Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment
Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment
Carved and Mounted Marble Stemma Cartouche from Tuscany, Italy, 16th Century
Carved and Mounted Marble Stemma Cartouche from Tuscany, Italy, 16th Century
Antique STONE Capital in ROMAN Style
Antique STONE Capital in ROMAN Style
16th Century Ligurian Stone Half-Capital
16th Century Ligurian Stone Half-Capital
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

Ancient Roman Marble Inscribed Panel

$60,000
£45,363.58
€52,936.29
CA$85,377.06
A$86,611.95
CHF 49,450.82
MX$1,048,735.44
NOK 582,157.04
SEK 580,224.96
DKK 395,841.60

About the Item

A beautiful and masterfully carved dedicatory plaque, this marble panel features an inscription executed on a piece of warm brown marble with touches of creme, tan, and caramel highlights. It features a border of gently undulating waves and sharp lines at both the top and sides with diagonal notches along the lower edge. The four lines of Latin text read, 'To Caius Geminus Apseustus, [from] Geminia Chrysis [as his wife] to her patron and for herself and her family.' Notes Caius Geminius Apseustus was possibly a freedman of a Roman named Caius Geminius, with the cognomen Apseustus having been his slave-name. His wife, Geminia Chrysis, was probably his own slave, originally named Chrysis, whom he married after granting her her freedom, hence the reference in the text to her patronus. The cognomen Apseustus is uncommon and is likely to have originated from the eastern Mediterranean region or Asia Minor. Provenance Leighton Wilkie (1900-1993) collection, USA. The Leighton A. Wilkie Collection; Bonhams, London, 26 April 2007, lot 193. Antiquities Christie's London, May 1, 2013. Private Collection, Los Angeles California. Exhibition History The Wilkie Brothers Foundation, Illinois, USA, August 1969. Published Featured as part of the exhibition infographic pamphlet "Romans created the design of Lettering for our Alphabet." The Wilkie Brothers Foundation, Illinois, USA, August 1969
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6.75 in (17.15 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Style:
    Classical Roman (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Marble,Carved
  • Place of Origin:
    Italy
  • Period:
    15th Century and Earlier
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1st Century AD
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Repaired from two pieces with repair line running from top to lower edge with infill and overpainting and a restored chip along lower edge at the break. Wear consistent with age and use. Flaked chips to right and left edges and to the back of the piece. Overall with patches of thick dirt encrustation and staining including a streak of discoloured varnish(?) to the far left side and some patches of red pigment on back and front.6000.
  • Seller Location:
    Beverly Hills, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: MS.00341stDibs: LU10743247947362

More From This Seller

View All
Egyptian Sandstone Relief featuring Hieroglyphs

Egyptian Sandstone Relief featuring Hieroglyphs

Egyptian Sandstone Relief featuring Hieroglyphs

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This beautifully preserved fragment is boldly sculpted in raised relief on a coarse grained sandstone. It features a portion of two columns of hieroglyphs which enumerate a hymn or...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

Materials

Sandstone

Ancient Roman Marble Corinthian Column Capital, Late Classical Period, Italy

Ancient Roman Marble Corinthian Column Capital, Late Classical Period, Italy

Ancient Roman Marble Corinthian Column Capital, Late Classical Period, Italy

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

An exceptional marble capital of the classic Corinthian order with 3 tiers of foliate acanthus leaves. Both large and well preserved our beautiful example retains much of its crisp ...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Architectural E...

Materials

Marble

Ancient Egyptian Sandstone Relief

Ancient Egyptian Sandstone Relief

Ancient Egyptian Sandstone Relief

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Sculpted in sunk relief, this superb sandstone carving features a pharaoh facing right, wearing a broad collar and either the Red Crown or Double Crown fronted by a uraeus. He prese...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

Materials

Sandstone

Ancient Egyptian Painted Limestone Relief

Ancient Egyptian Painted Limestone Relief

Ancient Egyptian Painted Limestone Relief

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This handsome late period limestone relief, still retains much of of it's original pigment, and serves as a reminder to the modern observer that the ancient Egyptian language was not...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

Materials

Limestone

Ancient Greek Terracotta Female Protome

Ancient Greek Terracotta Female Protome

Ancient Greek Terracotta Female Protome

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Mould-made, with white slip, this large terracotta female protome is as lively as she is enchanting. She wears a stephane and a himation with dark blue zigzags along the edge. The h...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antiquities

Materials

Terracotta

Ancient Roman Marble Dionysiac Herm Bust

Ancient Roman Marble Dionysiac Herm Bust

Ancient Roman Marble Dionysiac Herm Bust

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

A lively and enchanting depiction, this exquisitely rendered flat-backed Herm bust depicts the Roman Bacchus (Dionysus to the Greeks). The youthful god of wine is shown with promine...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Busts

Materials

Marble

You May Also Like

16th century stone architectural fragment

16th century stone architectural fragment

16th century stone architectural fragment

Located in Vosselaar, BE

A 16th century Spanish slate stone architectural fragment. Probably part of a commerative plaque. The Latin inscription only partly present but most likely being a religious referenc...

Category

Antique 16th Century Spanish Medieval Antiquities

Materials

Slate

Ancient Greek Stone Tablet

Ancient Greek Stone Tablet

Ancient Greek Stone Tablet

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

An Ancient Greek stone tablet, carved with a mask, inscribed 'Detros', Circa 300-500 BC. With outer carved and curved moulded border enclosing the mask facing to sinister with scrip...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier British Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment

Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment

Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment

Located in New Orleans, LA

Ancient Roman Stele Relief Fragment Circa 1st Century BCE–1st Century CE This rare marble stele relief fragment is a remarkable artifact of ancient history. Dating to the 1st centur...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greco Roman Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Large Medieval inscription

Large Medieval inscription

Large Medieval inscription

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Fragment of a Germanic Funerary Epitaph Sandy limestone · Holy Roman Empire · late 16th century The inscription is carved in Roman humanist capitals — a significant choice in the Ger...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Medieval Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Stone

Carved and Mounted Marble Stemma Cartouche from Tuscany, Italy, 16th Century

Carved and Mounted Marble Stemma Cartouche from Tuscany, Italy, 16th Century

Carved and Mounted Marble Stemma Cartouche from Tuscany, Italy, 16th Century

Located in Dallas, TX

The carvings of this marble stemma cartouche dates to the 1500’s. Hand-carved in Tuscany, Italy, the marble was mounted onto a geometrically shaped iron stand within the last century...

Category

Antique 16th Century Italian Mounted Objects

Materials

Marble

Italian 16th Century Marble Fragment

Italian 16th Century Marble Fragment

Italian 16th Century Marble Fragment

Located in Round Top, TX

A very stunning 16th century Marble Fragment from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully carved with angels or putti and now mounted on its iron...

Category

Antique 16th Century Italian Architectural Elements

Materials

Marble