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Ear pendant with plastically modeled head of an antelope. The elaborately made head is typical for hellenistic gold jewellery.

Gold jewellery with plastically modeled heads of a lion. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings.

Zweizeilige, quadratisch angeordnete Inschrift. Darin n. r. thronender König mit Bogen. Münzstätte: Ekbatana (heutiges Iran), 10 - 38 n. Chr.

Gold jewellery with plastically modeled head of a bird of prey or dolphin. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings.

Dark clay with partially preserved dark glaze. Nicely preserved, from an old collection.

Fibel in Form eines Tierskeletts mit Bügel als Wirbelsäule. Hervorragender Zustand, massiv. Seltenes Belegstück aus der Frühzeit der klassischen Antike.

The face itself is fully preserved with nicely worked details. Mounted on a modern black wooden base.

The Greek god of love is engraved in the orange glass in rich detail. He presses a butterfly against his breast.

The pair of earrings is made of gold. The type is from Northern Africa and dates to Greek or Roman times.

Magnificent head-dress in the shape of a pediment from the time of Alexander the Great. Embossed with a floral decoration, supplemented by birds and grasshoppers. This piece has been published in a 1965 standard work on hellenistic gold jewellery.

Magna Graecia, Greek colony in Southern Italy. Very well preserved, glossy metallic glaze. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Delicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

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

Red clay with white grounding and traces of painting. Very well preserved. Probably made in Sicily 2nd century B.C. Fron an old Munich collection, acquired around 1976.

About 4th - 3rd century B.C., a very similar figurine is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. From the old German private collection H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.

Poseidonia (later Paestum), 5th century B.C. In Greek mythology, an obol was the fee to pay Charon for a passage across the river Styx.

Phokaia, Ionia, 530 - 510 BC. In Greek mythology, an obol was the fee to pay Charon for a passage across the river Styx.

Unusual decoration for a plate of this type. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Very nicely preserved. From an old German private collection, acquired in the early 1950s.

Perfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. Probably hellenistic. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 218.

Nicely preserved piece from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976-78 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

Impressive, massive piece from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976 - 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

Very good condition, undamaged, with thick patina. Late Etruscan, 4th - 3rd century BC. From an old English collection.

First half 7th century BC, possibly slightly later. Decorated with geometric motifs. Very interesting, unpublished shape.

Interesting motif, very detailed work. Nicely preserved piece from an old collection.

Made in North Africa in the late 3rd century AD. From an old collection

Nicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.

Possibly Heracles. Nice condition. From German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985 at the auction house Exner, Schwarzer Bär, Hannover, Germany.

Almost perfectly preserved, undamaged, only minor surface wear. Nice sand patina.

The decorated earrings is made of gold sheet. It is hollow inside. The type is from Northern Africa and dates to Greek or Roman times.

The decorated earrings is made of gold sheet. It is hollow inside. The type is from Northern Africa and dates to Greek or Roman times.

Worth the exhibition in a museum. From an old German collection in which it was acquired in 1979 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

So-called foxtail chain from the Eastern Roman provinces, around the 3rd century AD. Breathtaking condition and timeless elegance. Theoretically still wearable today.

Almond shaped lead bullet of a slinger. It was part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.

Shallow Greek bowl with high foot, lid with high knob handle. Richly decorated with red figure paintings of female heads and shells. Apulia, 4th century BC

Almond shaped lead bullet of a slinger. It was part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.