Iron Age - Recent acquisitions - Lehrsammlung - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Body of Roman Imperial oil lamp with two nozzles
From an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.
Price: on requestBlack-figure Athenian shoulder LekythosImpressive vase with high-quality painting, showing a king between hoplite warriors and youths. From old German collection, acquired in the early 1970s.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with cowRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white band. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with birds at water basinThe Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ErosThe skillful work shows the god Eros as a boy. Nice orange glass paste, imitating carnelian.
Price: on requestThree ancient pottery vesselsAn exciting mixed group from the Iron Age to Classical Antiquity. From the collection of Professor Manegold.
Price: on requestLarge paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool made of wonderfully banded stone. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Morocco, North Africa.
Price: on requestRoman beaker from the RhinelandVery well preserved. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestVespasian denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 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.
Price: on requestEtruscan bucchero kylixFrom an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany. Present by Pater Prof. Dr. Dr. Novatus Picard, Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Laterano, Rome.
Price: on requestRed-figure Apulian lekythosVery good condition, intact and not restored. From an old German private collection, acquired before 1982.
Price: on requestByzantine glass pendant from JudaeaThe 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.
Price: on requestVespasian denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 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.
Price: on requestAncient cup with two handlesNicely preserved, fine pottery. From an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.
Price: on requestRoman Republican L. Flaminius Cilo Denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 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.
Price: on requestVespasian denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 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.
Price: on requestIron spear head worth the exhibition in a museumVery nice patina, smooth surface, rare degree of preservation for an iron object.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with goatRoman jewellery insert made of light blue glass paste, imitating Nicolo. It shows a he-goat with a smaller animal in front of it.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with cowRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bird in handThe glass paste shows a hand enclosing a bird. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient ring insert.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with galleyThe glass paste shows a Roman galley. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient ring insert.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with mixing vessel for wineThe Roman glass paste shows a tall vase surrounded by vine leaves. It is a mixing vessel for wine.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe headNicely crafted Stone Age tool made of jadeite. From southern France.
Price: on requestClay tablet with cuneiform textSmall cuneiform writing tablet with well preserved text on both sides.
Price: on requestRoman Hod Hill broochMade around the year 100 and found on the Isle of Wight, after the Roman conquest of Britain.
Price: on requestAnglo-Saxon bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
Price: on requestLate Roman Amphora with nice sea encrustationWorth the exhibition in a museum. Completely intact, including the handles, one piece on bottom restored in antiquity. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.
Price: on requestVery fine unpublished hemidrachm from Chersonesos in ThraceVery nice patina. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 125 (1981), Lot Nr. 3124.
Price: on requestRoman face urn from the RhinelandRare complete preservation incl. the original lid. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with horseRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white bands. The motif is a horse. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with griffinThe 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.
Price: on requestDark Roman glass paste with white bandThe Roman ring insert is in excellent condition. The small-format motif is not clearly identifiable, but it may show a head.
Price: on requestRoman cooking pot from the Rhineland with known finding date and spotFound June 1967. Rare in this condition with original lid and exactly known finding details. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestLate Roman Amphora with nice sea encrustationVery good condition, incl. the well preserved pointed foot and loop handles. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.
Price: on requestRoman Terra Sigillata bowl with potters' mark from the RhinelandFound 1969 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestScarce Commodus denariusVery fine condition. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 140 (1984), Lot Nr. 199.