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Rare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.

Massive bronze bracelet dating to Late Antiquity. Animal head shaped terminals.

Massive bronze bracelet dating to Late Antiquity. Animal head shaped terminals.

Massive bronze bracelet dating to Late Antiquity. Snake shaped terminals.

Finial in the shape of a bird, probably once the head of a rod or distaff. From the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period.

The pendant shows Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf. It was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.

The swastika shaped brooch with horse head terminals was worn by the cavallery in Late Antiquity. In particular by the troops recruited by the Romans from their Pannonian Foederati. It might have been a symbol for strength or designated a military rank.

Ampulla of Saint Menas, a late-third-century Egyptian Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith. From the collection of Prof. Dilling, acquired in the early 1900s.

The pendant with two portrait busts was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.

The pendant with a lion and crescent motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.

The pendant with an ibex motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.

The pendant with a cock and lion motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in Judaea.

Between 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.

From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.

Perfectly preserved ring stone made of orange carnelian. It shows a winged hybrid creature with the body of a lion. With inscription in Pahlavi, the Middle Persian script of the Sassanids.