ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
Welcome to the Alte Roemer Gallery, your specialist for antiquities and ancient art from the Mediterranean.
In our online shop you will find authentic artefacts covering the time span from Bronze Age until Late Antiquity. Our focus is on Ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian antiquities. Ancient numismatics is extensively covered with focus on Roman and Greek coins. We are looking forward to welcome you in our online gallery!
Yours,
Alexander Khalaidovski, Matthias Höh
FEATURED ANCIENT OBJECTS IN OUR ONLINE GALLERY
Marc Antony legionary Denarius - LEG VIIII
On obverse galley with scepter tied with fillet on prow, on reverse aquila between two standards. Rarer than the LEG IX variety
Roman bronze Amor figurine - ex Bonhams
Very well preserved, nice polychrome patina. Mounted on a very nice modern marble base.
Black-figure Athenian amphora with TL analysis
Showing Athena killing a Giant. Excellent condition, vivid original colors. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Black figure Athenian cup with panthers
Very nice decoration with dark red painting. Delicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976- 78 at a London art gallery.
Perfectly preserved Roman beaker found 1907 in Cologne
From the collection of the viniculture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan. Worth the exhibition in a museum.
Richly decorated Gnathia ware oinochoe from Prof. Fremersdorf collection
Extraordinary condition, painting excellently preserved, vivid colors. From the collection of the archeologist Prof. Fremersdorf, director of the Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne between 1923 and 1959.
Large polychrome figure of a woman from Canosa with TL analysis
Exceptionally well preserved polychrome painting and surface details. An almost identical figurine is on exhibition in the British Museum. From German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Roman double head flask with Medusa
Typical head vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. The glass flask has the shape of two Medusa heads back to back.
Roman gold fingerring
Nice piece of jewellery from the later Roman Imperial period. With beaded wires and intaglio. Found in England.
Persian jug from Sultanabad
Impressive pottery with turquoise glaze and black paint. From 13th century Iran. With a letter from the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum.
Extremely fine Diocletian argenteus
Absolutely extremely fine, uncirculated. The RIC states the rarity with R2. In the Occident, Diocletian is (in)famous for the last and largest persecution of Christianity.
Clay figure found at Dionysos Temple in Athens
From the old British educational lending collection Wakefield Education Resource Service. Very nicely preserved.
Rare Greek breast pump or joke vessel
Perfectly preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum, decorated with Medusa head. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Extremely fine Marc Antony Denarius - LEG XI
Beautiful dark patina. Commemorating the Legio XI formed by M. Anton, while a Legio XI Actiaca fought in the Actium campaign serving Octavian.
Etrusco-Corinthian Alabastron
Nicely preserved, 6th century BC. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Decorated italo-geometric bowl
Very unusual shape, probably imitation of bronze vessels with their attached handles. From an old German private collection. Acquired 1976-78 at a London art gallery.
Pannonian trumpet brooch
Well preserved Roman fibula made of silver. The type is from the Pannonian provinces of Rome and dates to the 2nd century.
Roman sprinkler
Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd cent. AD.
Roman marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New York
The surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Stirrup vessel of a shaman
Beautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows a blind Shaman with a rattle in his hand. 200 to 400 AD, including TL analysis.
ANCIENT ART GALLERY SPECIALIZING IN
The imposing vessel is shaped like a zebu, a domestic cattle from the Ancient Near East. This category of object is famous since the Amlash excavations in the Iranian Gilan Province. With its stylization it is a rare artistic masterpiece of the mysterious Iron Age cultures of Iran.
ALTE ROEMER ANCIENT ART GALLERY AT A GLANCE
