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!
The finely crafted decoration showing a maenad is in excellent condition, with only minor wear. An impressive miniature piece of art. In Swiss private collections since the 1960s.
Lamp from a type dating to the lifetime of Jesus Christ. From the famous Judge Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 53397.
Professionally restored by experts from the Archaeological Institute of the University of Zurich in 1974. From an old Swiss collection. Decoration possibly showing stylized fishes.
A similar plate is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Excellently preserved, from the F. Maino collection, Mendrisio, Switzerland. In possession of the Maino family since before 1968.
The bowl was made in mosaic glass technique. It is truely a work of art and a showpiece for the glass production in the Roman core region during the Early Imperial period.
Miniature work of art of the highest quality, a flagship of late Etruscan glyptics. Made of shimmering orange carnelian. Published several times and with provenance dating back to the 19th century.
Complete surviving hoard consisting of one bronze bowl, two belts and twelve bracelets. Urnfield culture HaB1. The amazingly well preserved group is excessively rare on the art market as well as in museum collections.
The flat relief shows an offering scene and above a hieroglyphic text describing the deceased Ptah-nefer, the priest and the offerings. A translation has been made by the renowned Egyptologist professor Kurth. The work of art dates to the 26th dynasty. It is adopting the style of the Old Kingdom.
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.