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Large impressive silver coin with nice portrait. Ephesus mint, 24 - 20 B.C.

Large impressive coin with beautiful portrait and nice patina. Rome mint, 90 - 91 A.D.

Absolutely extremely fine, uncirculated. The RIC states the rarity with R2. In the Occident, Diocletian is (in)famous for the last and largest persecution of Christianity.

The reverse shows Providentia, a globe at her feet. Wonderful dark patina. Ex Gilles Blançon Numismatik.

Rare (RIC R1). Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 141 (1984), Lot Nr. 701.

Nice portrait. Reverse is showing Libertas. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. auction Nr. 116 (1979), lot 3026.

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

Impressive wood relief of an idealized face. Polychrome paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.

From an old German collection, acquired 1976 at Kunsthandlung Aloys Faust, Cologne.

Figurine of of highest artistic quality. From the 29th or 30th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Impressive wood relief of an idealized face. Remains of paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from Ancient Egypt.

Nice specimen with characteristic bend in its bow and incised decorations. From the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire.

Beautiful brooch from the eastern Roman provinces. Remains of an original gold plating can still be seen on the surface.

Openwork bronze plate from the 11th century. It was once attached to a horse harness strap. The beautiful decorations are typical of the art of the Vikings.

Early posthumous issue, about 323 - 310 BC. Beautiful dark patina. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auction 154, 1987.

Seleukos was one of the hetairoi of Alexander the Great. The biga on this coin type is much rarer than the quadriga.

Nice portrait. Reverse is showing the goddess Fortuna. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. auction Nr. 141 (1984), lot 622.

Thourioi, 443 - 400 B.C. In Greek mythology, an obol was the fee to pay Charon for a passage across the river Styx.

A find from the Greek settlement of Gela in Sicily. Great example of local pottery production in the 5th century BC. The askos offered here was extensively researched and described by Prof. Dr. Isler from the University of Zurich.

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.

About 6th - 5th century BC. Good condition. From a German private collection, acquired 1976 - 1978 in London.

Almost extremely fine, perfectly centered. Slabbed by NGC. Rome mint, 75 A.D.

Pax standing right, holding branch and setting a pile of arms on fire. Left shield leaning on a column with a statue of Minerva.

Very finely worked depiction of a woman with long hair. From the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired in the 1950s from an antiquities gallery in Cologne, Germany.

From an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.

The reverse shows Minerva on a rostral column with owl. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 158 (1988), Lot Nr. 343.

Impressive wood relief of an idealized face. Remains of paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from Ancient Egypt during ptolemaic rule.

Probably used for votive purposes and thus showing a goddess, or as an apotropaic (protecting) object in funerary context. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.

The clay figure from the earliest phase of the Jama-Coaque culture shows the preparation of coca leaves. Including TL test from Kotalla laboratory.

Nice specimen with characteristic bend in its bow and attached loop and ring. From the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire.

Egyptian Late Period canopic jar lid in the shape of a human head. The piece is impressive due to its massive size and high-quality craftsmanship.

Working axe from the Late Bronze Age of Europe in great condition. Typologically, it is a flanged axe head.

Working axe from the Late Bronze Age of Europe in great condition. Typologically, it is a flanged axe head.

Fascinating clay vessel in the shape of a horse from the Neo-Elamite period, around 700 BC. A TL analysis report is included with the piece.

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.

Extremely fine. Attractive, fully centered piece with beautiful patina. Ex NAC Zürich auction.