Terracotta antefix late 1st century –early 1st century Roman Antefixes are decorative covers for the ends of tiles situated at the edge of a roof. This example, showing Venus (Aphrodite, the goddess of love) and her lover Mars (Ares, the god of war), retains a considerable amount of its painted Terracotta antefix. Roman. late 1st century –early 1st century Terracotta. Early Imperial, Augustan. Terracottas

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