Sold - Egypt and North Africa - 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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                     Published Greek figurine of a pantheress Published Greek figurine of a pantheressThree-dimensional figurine with high level of detail, very nicely preserved. Around 300 BC, Magna Graecia. Published, from the Leo Mildenberg collection. Price: on request Roman glass rod Roman glass rodThe object had a function as a distaff, a tool for spinning. Particularly noteworthy is the beautiful spiral decoration and the complete preservation of the fragile material. From the Roman Imperial period. Price: on request Paleolithic hand axe Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. 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 Ouarzazate, Morocco. Price: on request Impressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificate Impressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificateImpressive vase showing a young man and a sitting woman, possibly from the workshop of the Truro Painter. Price: on request Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with relief decoration Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with relief decorationFound 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 request Judaea - Prutah from year 3 of first Jewish War - ex Kuenker Judaea - Prutah from year 3 of first Jewish War - ex KuenkerFine to very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew insciprios "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion". Price: on request Nicely decorated Megarian bowl Nicely decorated Megarian bowlPerfectly preserved incl. the decoration with leaf bands and blossom medallion in high relief. Price: on request Celtic coin - Iceni tribe Celtic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome 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. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome 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. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome 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. Price: on request Large Roman roof tile from the Rhineland Large Roman roof tile from the RhinelandGreat condition, very rare for a Roman tile of this size. 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 request Very fine Augustus As with beautiful dark patina Very fine Augustus As with beautiful dark patinaBare head on obverse, legend around SC on reverse. Ex Gerhard Hirsch auction 141, 1984. Price: on request Roman Republican coinage - very fine Semis, 211 - 208 BC Roman Republican coinage - very fine Semis, 211 - 208 BCThe obverse is showing a wreathed head of Saturn, prora on the reverse. Great dark brown patina. Price: on request Impressive massive Roman bronze oil lamp with bird Impressive massive Roman bronze oil lamp with birdFrom a German private collection, acquired 1982 at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany. The bird possibly depicts a dove, a popular symbol among the early Christians, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Price: on request Large neolithic axe head Large neolithic axe headA tool from the Early Neolithic of Europe. Nicely polished and impressive by its size and weight. Price: on request Stone Age spearhead from North America Stone Age spearhead from North AmericaFinely crafted flint projectile from the Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection. Price: on request Stone Age spearhead from North America Stone Age spearhead from North AmericaFinely crafted flint projectile from the Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection. Price: on request Pair of Roman gold earrings Pair of Roman gold earringsS-shaped earrings with small decorative elements. Roman craftsmanship of the 1st to 2nd century from the eastern Mediterranean. Price: on request Stirrup vessel with lizzards Stirrup vessel with lizzardsBeautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows two lizzards on each side. 100 to 500 AD. Price: on request Sumerian cuneiform tablet Sumerian cuneiform tabletThe clay tablet is a receipt of sheep and goats from the Sumerian city of Puzrish-Dagan. It was made during the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2037 to 2029 BC. From the Yale University Collection. Price: on request Roman intaglio with goddess Nike Roman intaglio with goddess NikeAttractive white banded orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems. Price: on request Roman intaglio with person in mantle Roman intaglio with person in mantleAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. It shows a person leaning on a sword or rudder stock. Price: on request Roman intaglio with two persons Roman intaglio with two personsRoman light red glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing Heracles and Apollon. Price: on request Two large Roman clay pots Two large Roman clay potsImpressively large vessels from the Roman Imperial period. Both are finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Price: on request Two large Roman clay bowls Two large Roman clay bowlsImpressively large vessels from the Roman Imperial period. Both are finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Price: on request Very fine Constantius II. siliqua Very fine Constantius II. siliquaVOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX in wreath, C IA in exergue. Constantinopolis mint, 11th officina, 351 - 355 A.D. Wonderful dark patina. Price: on request Red figure Oinochoe with rare Satyr scene Red figure Oinochoe with rare Satyr sceneOverall great impression with excellently preserved decoration. Price: on request Hellenistic gold earrings with lion heads Hellenistic gold earrings with lion headsGold jewellery with plastically modeled heads of a lion. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings. Price: on request Egyptian scarab Egyptian scarabThe scarab is made of nicely marbled black and grey stone. Schematical upper side, structured, unengraved bottom side. From the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Price: on request Egyptian sarcophagus mask Egyptian sarcophagus maskImpressive wood relief of an idealized face. Remains of paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from Ancient Egypt. Price: on request Roman glass paste with god Roman glass paste with godThe roman intaglio shows a standing god. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems. Price: on request Roman intaglio with nymph and satyr Roman intaglio with nymph and satyrThe white banded glass paste and shows a scene with nymph or maenad putting her arm around a satyr's neck. Price: on request Roman intaglio with quadriga Roman intaglio with quadrigaNice depiction on the dark glass paste. It shows the horses of the chariot at full gallop. Price: on request Paleolithic hand axe Paleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request Paleolithic hand axe Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. 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 Algeria, North Africa. Price: on request
 
