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Egyptian Late Period canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a human head, representing the Horus son Imsety. The piece stands out by the expressive face and by the original painting.

The two sides show a woman with lion's head and a magical text. The piece is from the period of Gnosticism in the 2nd and 3rd century.

Two handles, one of them beautifully incised. And one arrow head and an amulet. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.

Bronze statuettes of this god are very hard to find. The assessor of the dead is shown in human form with a snake's head and a tripartite wig. From the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.

Massive piece with beautiful ram head shaped handle, 1st-2nd century AD

A nice amulet from Ancient Egypt. The rare depiction shows a crouching canid with alert head and ears. A piece from the famous Fouad Matouk collection.

It shows the god Abraxas with human torso, cock's head and serpants for legs, holding whip and shield. Magical formulas on both sides of the gem. 2nd or 3rd century.

The Roman decorative insert made of orange glass paste shows a mythical creature with a horse's body and an eagle's head, leaning on its front paws.

Obv: Flying Pegasos, Rev: Helmeted head of Athena, with bucranion and monograms. Above KLE.

Roman Republic, Rome mint, 57 BC. Obverse showing head of Bonus Eventus, caduceus on reverse.

The stone tool is from the European Neolithic. A special feature is the museum-quality custom made shaft which gives a great impression of the tool's former mounting.

Arms movable mounted, makers signature in greek letters on the back. From an old collection of a Frech engineer, acquired 1974 in Paris.

The pin head is shaped like an open basket with a decorative knob. Bronze with attractive patina.

The pin head is shaped like an open basket with a decorative knob. Bronze with attractive patina.

Roman Imperial copy of a classical Greek original. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

The high quality work shows a dancing Maenad with her head thrown back in ecstasy. Beautiful yellow glass.

Great condition, vivid colors. Decorated with female head at the handle, vine branches and other friezes at body.

Nice figurine from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt. From an old German collection, acquired at Davies Antiques, London, in 1976 - 1978.

Lovely bronze pin from the early Iron Age. The head is decorated by engraved lines and a geometric knob.

Lovely bronze pin from the early Iron Age. The head is decorated by engraved lines and a geometric knob.

The intaglio is engraved with the portrait head of a woman. The piece exhibits a stunning play of colours.

The reverse shows Minerva with spear. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 159 (1988), Lot Nr. 675.

The compact axe head is made of beautiful and polished green-black stone with white veins. Late Neolithic to Copper Age.

The violet intaglio shows a naked warrior stepping on his dead enemy. He holds the separated head in his hand.

Rare syncretic merging of the goddesses Mut and Sekhmet. The lion headed statuette is shown enthroned with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Rare syncretic merging of the goddesses Mut and Sekhmet. The lion headed statuette is shown standing with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

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.

Very fine condition. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 140 (1984), Lot Nr. 199.

Characteristic figure for the Bronze Age in the region that is today northern Syria. Dating to the 3rd or early 2nd Millennium BC.

Moneyer M. Barbatius Pollio. An excellently preserved historic coin from the era of the second triumvirate.

Nice figurine from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt. From an old German collection, acquired at Davies Antiques, London, in 1976 - 1978.

A nice bronze bird from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. The ibis was the sacred bird of Thoth, god of wisdom and the sciences.

Protective amulet in the form of a statuette of the lion-headed goddess with a hieroglyphic inscription on the back. A wonderful and large faience from the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt.

The unusual bronze figurine is an idol from Anatolia or the Near East. Around 1000 BC.

Very good condition, intact and not restored. From an old German private collection, acquired before 1982.

Nice group of artefacts from the Northern European Neolithic. One blade, two dagger fragments and three axe head fragments. All found in Northern Germany.