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Group of beautiful miniature artworks made of mosaic glass. The beads are from early Roman Imperial times.

Striking cobalt blue glass, once decorating a 1st century glass vessel. From the Roman city of Novaesium.

Rare variant of this brooch type, found in Great Britain and dating to the mid 1st century AD. The piece is published twice in the famous Hattatt reference books on ancient fibulae.

The beautiful ring from Roman Imperial times is decorated by a black stone intaglio. The gem shows a standing eagle.

From an old German private collection, acquired December 1966 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.

Body decorated with grooves and dense scale pattern. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.

Rare type of a head vessel with faces of a young man or boy. Gorgeous blue pigmented glass.

Nice gold ring with hollow band. The inserted carnelian intaglio shows Mercury, the Roman god of trade.

The roman intaglio shows a standing god. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The Roman decorative insert is made of beautiful purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. Interesting depiction.

Part of a key lock, e.g. for a door or chest. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.

Fine specimen from the eastern provinces during late Roman Imperial times. From the collection of the orientalist N. Giron.

The glass paste shows the god of wine and ritual madness with his staff leaning against a column. Roman Imperial times.

This rare variant of the T-shaped brooches was found in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AR. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works for ancient fibulae.

A lovely piece of Roman jewellery in good condition. The chalcedony intaglio shows a portrait head. Dating to the 3rd century AD.

The cylindrical vessel has a nice iridescent patina. It was made in the Roman Imperial period.

Nice orange brown glass paste. The person might be the god Hermes, known as Mercurius in Roman culture.

Roman glass paste with dynamic scene. It shows the god running. Made of purple glass, imitating amethyst.

Nice fingerring with a glass paste showing a standing figure. Characteristic type for the 1st century CE, early Roman Imperial period.

A rare mixture of cicada fibula and trumpet fibula, from the 2nd century. Found on the Isle of Wight.

The highest Roman god is sitting on a throne, leaning on the sceptre. Victoria is on his right hand. Clear glass imitating rock crystal.

The roman intaglio shows a standing naked god. Wonderful green ring insert with blue and white decorative band.

Roman light red glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing Heracles and Apollon.

The Roman ring insert is made of orange glass paste that imitates carnelian. It depicts a horned quadruped.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of dark glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

Wonderful perfectly preserved glass vessel from the Roman Imperial period. 1st to 2nd century AD.

Diameter over 25 cm. Roman Empire, 1st century AD, excellently preserved. Acquired 1980 at Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne, Germany.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.

Roman jewellery insert made of transparent glass paste. It shows a creature with the front part of a horse.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange-brown glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The intaglio shows a bearded man resting on his cane. It might be a depiction of Faustulus. According to Roman mythology the foster father of Romulus and Remus.

Roman glass paste with nice depiction of the Greek god of love as a child, probably a lyre in his hands.

Roman jewellery insert made of beautifully shimmering blue glass paste. It shows a creature with the front part of a horse.

Roman jewellery insert made of transparent glass paste, imitating amethyst. It shows a creature with the front part of a griffin.

The pair of earrings is simple and elegant. The circular basic shape is only decorated by a shield. Dating to the 2nd cent. AD.