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
Wonderful marble head of Isis - Ex Sotheby's Parke Bennett
A lovely sculpture from an old US collection. Very nicely preserved surface, very detailed work of art.
Roman glass insert for a pendant
Typical glass jewellery from one of the Eastern Mediterranean glass factories. This popular type was made with a motif stamped into each side of the glass disc. Late 4th to 5th century AD.
Six ancient artefacts and one modern cast
Interesting group of objects from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems. It has two intaglios, one cameo, two glass decorations, a lead bulla and a modern cast of a quality ancient gem.
Roman marble relief with hunting scene: Eros carrying hind
Supposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.
Scarce Marc Antony Denarius - LEG XIIII
Scarce legion, for which the writing XIIII is again rare compared to XIV
Conoid stamp seal with spade of Marduk
The stamp shows the spade of Marduk, patron deity of the city of Babylon. Above a crescent, symbolizing the moon god Sin. 7th to 6th century BC.
Extremely fine Caesar Denarius with beautiful patina
With this coin type, Caesar puts himself and gens IVLIA into one line with the divine mythical heroes of ancient Greece. Perfectly centered, almost uncirculated coin.
Very fine Nero Aureus
This coin type celebrates the failing of the "Pisonian Conspiracy" and emphasizes the divine protection for emperor Nero. Impressive portrait, condition slightly better than very fine.
Apulian oinochoe - Gnathia pottery
Nicely preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Decorated with vine branch. From an old German collection, acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Egyptian plaque of Bes
Rare type of depiction of the dwarf god. From the collection of the Newark Museum of Art. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Including thermoluminescence analysis.
Roman silver fibula from Pannonia
Interesting brooch type from the Roman Pannonian provinces. A very similar piece was found near the Roman camp and settlement of Carnuntum in what is now Austria.
Very fine Claudius sestertius with beautiful patina
Ex private collection, acquired 1981 from the collection of Günther Schlüter, who was the president of the German Numismatic Society in Berlin in 1975-1977.
Large skyphos - Athenian or Magna Graecia
Impressive, massive piece from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976 - 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Large Roman Terra Sigillata bowl
Delicate, perfectly preserved pottery bowl from an old German private collection, acquired in 1979. Reported to have been found in El Djem, Tunis.
Roman anchor fibula
Magnificent silver brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Such fibulae were made in the Danube area Roman provinces.
Mosaic glass inlay with half mask
Skillfully arranged motif that could be combined with a plate of the same motif to show a full face. Made in Egypt during the early Roman Imperial period.
Celtic coin - Iceni tribe
East Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Western Asiatic macehead
Heavy stone head of a mace with a depressed globular shape. Beautiful whitish brown hardstone. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Asia.
Large figure of Aphrodite / Venus Anadyomene type
Very impressive, 25 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, wringing her tresses. Ex Bavarian private collection, in which the figure was since the 1970s.
Etruscan Vetulonia type helmet
From the possession of New York City antiquities dealer Sumner Healey, who was made famous by Berenice Abbott's scenic photograph from 1936.
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.
$7,257
ALTE ROEMER ANCIENT ART GALLERY AT A GLANCE
