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

Beautiful, life-size portrait. The provenance can be reconstructed until 1920, when the portrait was acquired from Jannis Demetrios Mikas by Ernest Brummer, both famous collectors.

LEG XVI (Gallica), 43 - 70 AD. Found 1966 till 1981 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Novaesium was an early Roman foundation and with this is one of the oldest cities in Germany.

The small jug with a pear-shaped body is outstanding due to the strongly iridescent patina and the dark coating on the outside. From the Late Roman Imperial period.

The bowl was made in mosaic glass technique. It is truely a work of art and a showpiece for the glass production in the Roman core region during the Early Imperial period.

Interesting fibula with a covered hinge mechanism and enamel decoration on the bow. From the 2nd century Roman Britain. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Well preserved example of this important fibula type that was introduced to Britain by Roman troop movements from the Rhineland. This specimen was already produced locally in Britannia province. It was published in two books on ancient fibulae.

Polychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face of a woman. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.

Polychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery, once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery with highly stylized waterbirds. Once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

The 4th century bangle is decorated with spiraling grooves on the outside. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The 4th century bangle is decorated with spiraling grooves on the outside. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Ring stone made of beautiful orange glass. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

The quality work shows two standing cocks on a base line. Fantastic and crisp illustration.

The ancient work shows an eagle in a dynamic movement spreading his wings. Beautiful orange glass paste.

The highest quality work of miniature art shows how Prometheus has just formed the first human from clay. A showpiece of late Etruscan glyptics made of beautiful carnelian.

Gem stone and seal made of beautiful carnelian. It shows two horses in a frontal view in a highly stylized manner. From the famous Giorgio Sangiorgi collection.

A beautiful vessel and great example for the high quality glass production during the Early Roman Imperial period. From the 1976 catalogue Muenzen und Medaillen.

Protective amulet of the dwarf god Bes made of turquoise faience. Great specimen from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt.

Tall and slender vessel from the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. The polychrome painting shows abstract patterns, as well as abstracted animals and faces.

Elegant vessel of the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. The polychrome painting is of high artistic quality and shows a mask.

With polychrome abstract depiction of people and masks, possibly a deity. Wonderful vessel from the Nazca Golden Age.

With polychrome abstract depiction of people and masks, possibly a deity. Nice vessel from the Nazca Golden Age.

The ancient work shows a griffin composed of horse and eagle. The mighty wings are raised above the back, the forepart and paws are erect.

The hybrid creature was extremely popular during the Roman Empire. It was believed to convey magical powers.

The ancient work shows an eagle in a dynamic movement spreading his wings. Beautiful orange glass paste.

Polychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.

Polychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.

Polychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.

Polychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.

Modernly threaded necklace made of 82 ancients beads from the 1st millennium BC. From the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.

Modernly threaded necklace of ancient beads made of beautiful mosaic glass. From a workshop in Roman Egypt. Ex Christie's.

Protective amulet of the dwarf god Bes made of turquoise faience. Great specimen from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt.

Gilt cartonnage with polychrome painting in fantastic condition. A museum-worthy mummy mask from the late Ptolemaic period of Egypt, from the ancient necropolis of Hawara, at the entrance to the Fayyum Basin.

Found 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.