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This special motive for Roman engraved gems often featured two Roman citizens or man and wife. It is an interesting example of its kind made from beautiful orange glass.

It shows Zeus Ammon facing another head. This is a highly interesting specimen for Roman intaglios.

Massive bronze bracelet dating to the 2nd or 3rd cent. AD. Snake shaped terminals.

Massive bronze bracelet with snake shaped terminals. Roman period.

Massive bronze bracelet dating to Roman Imperial times, 2nd cent. AD. Snake shaped terminals.

Plastische Darstellung eines männlichen Kopfes mit ausgeprägten Augenbrauen, flacher breiter Nase und fleischigen Lippen. Exzellent erhaltenes Exemplar eines seltenen Typs.

The obverse shows the head of Ceres with wreath, team of oxen on the reverse

Bare head on obverse, legend around SC on reverse. Ex Gerhard Hirsch auction 141, 1984.

The obverse is showing a wreathed head of Saturn, prora on the reverse. Great dark brown patina.

The beautiful finger ring from the Roman Imperial period is set with a carnelian stone. It shows a male portrait head in the linear style.

Bearded head of Mars, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. The reverse shows an eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Perfectly centered. Exported from Italy with permit of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marble torso of Salus or Hygeia, the goddess of health, holding a serpent in her arms. From the collection of Dr. Bruno Kirschner, Israel. Exported from Israel with permit of the IAA.

Miniature work in a colourful glass paste changing from bright blue to an opaque light blue. The intaglio from Roman times exhibits the portrait head of a young woman.

Supposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.

The small work of art is made of beautiful turquoise glass. It shows the head of a young soldier with a Corinthian helmet pushed to the back of the head.

Celebrating the Legio XIII Gemina, on reverse aquila between two standards. Coined 193 AD, Rome mint.

Rome mint, 140 - 143 A.D. Very fine.

Nice portrait, on reverse Capricorn with cornucopiae and rudder on globe. Colonia Patricia mint, 18 - 16 BC

Rome mint, 80 A.D. The reverse shows a Cretan goat standing left in laurel wreath.

Expressive portrait. The reverse shows Roma seated with Victoria and cornucopia.

Rome mint, 134-138 A.D. The reverse shows Salus standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent rising from altar.

Beautiful figure, meticulously crafted in three dimensions. The flowing rhythm of the body is emphasized by the supple contours and the strongly flared hips. Refined dark green to brown patina. From an old German collection, acquired before 1955.