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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                     Extremely rare Celtic gold stater of Regni tribe Extremely rare Celtic gold stater of Regni tribeFound 2015 in Winterbourne, West Berkshire, UK. Registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BERK-1FC826. Price: on request Pair of Roman gold earrings Pair of Roman gold earringsWonderful gold jewellery with shield and pendant with spiral decor. Made during Roman Imperial times. Price: on request Roman potsherds from the Rhineland Roman potsherds from the RhinelandFragments of Roman pottery. Finds from 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 Near Eastern lance head Near Eastern lance headDouble-edged blade of a lance from Bronze Age. With a nice green patina. Price: on request Stone Age bow scraper from Egypt Stone Age bow scraper from EgyptThe Paleolithic tool is shaped like a sickle. Thebes has been handed down as the place of origin. 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 Roman clay ball Roman clay ballMassive clay sphere, ammunition or a pistill. A find from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Price: on request Luristan bronze dagger with grip insert Luristan bronze dagger with grip insertBronze weapon originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. Note the grip insert in this dagger otherwise comprised of a single piece of bronze. Price: on request Four Scythian arrow heads Four Scythian arrow headsGroup of four arrowheads made of bronze in excellent condition. Popular weapon of the cultures of the 1st Millennium BC. Price: on request Ceremonial knife of the Sican culture Ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD. 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 Roman gilt crossbow brooch Roman gilt crossbow broochInteresting silver fibula from the later Roman Imperial period. From the famous Leo Mildenberg collection. Price: on request Roman intaglio with child Eros Roman intaglio with child ErosRoman glass paste with nice depiction of the Greek god of love as a child, probably a lyre in his hands. Price: on request Roman intaglio with Calydonian boar hunt Roman intaglio with Calydonian boar huntNice ring insert made of composite glass. Its imprint shows the moment of the mythological boar hunt in which Meleager slays the beast. Price: on request Roman intaglio with Ganymede and eagle Roman intaglio with Ganymede and eagleThe dark glass paste symbolizes a famous love affair from ancient mythology. The sky father Zeus falls in love with the beautiful Ganymede, a Trojan king's son. Price: on request Roman gold earrings with faience beads Roman gold earrings with faience beadsBelonging pair of jewellery made of gold, each decorated with shield and bead. From the Roman provinces of the eastern Mediterranean, made during the Imperial period. Price: on request Neolithic axe head Neolithic axe headFinely crafted tool from the New Stone Age of Europe. A specimen of the thick butted type. 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 younger Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection. Price: on request Coptic bronze figurine of a standing woman Coptic bronze figurine of a standing womanFrom the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959. Price: on request Large black-figure athenian skyphos with parallel in a museum Large black-figure athenian skyphos with parallel in a museumVery impressive, cicely preserved large vase. Painted with women dancing between sphinxes. An almost identical piece is on exhibition at the Musee National Rodin in Paris. Price: on request Three neolithic arrowheads from Egypt Three neolithic arrowheads from EgyptThe Stone Age points are beautifully crafted. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request Three neolithic arrowheads from Egypt Three neolithic arrowheads from EgyptThe Stone Age points are finely crafted. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request Three neolithic arrowheads from Egypt Three neolithic arrowheads from EgyptThe Stone Age points are finely crafted. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request Egyptian ushabti of the Royal Scribe Hor-maa-kheru Egyptian ushabti of the Royal Scribe Hor-maa-kheruThe Egyptian funerary figurine dates to the reign of Pharaoh Amasis II, towards the end of the 26th Dynasty. Excavated in Saqqara in the mid-19th century. Shown in a 1979 Sotheby's catalogue. Price: on request Roman lentoid glass flask Roman lentoid glass flaskThe flat bottle has a lentoid or discoid body with a long neck. Probably from the Roman province Judaea. Price: on request Very fine Galba denarius Very fine Galba denariusEx old German private collection. Rare coin with beautiful "classical" Roman portrait. Price: on request Roman Hod Hill brooch from the Hattatt collection Roman Hod Hill brooch from the Hattatt collectionNice and rare enameled variant of the Hod Hill type. Found in Norfolk, UK. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt. Price: on request Celtic penannular brooch Celtic penannular broochPossibly made by the Celtic Durotriges tribe under Roman rule in Britain. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt. Price: on request Bronze dagger with double-disc hilt Bronze dagger with double-disc hiltElegant weapon of the Iron Age Amlash culture with broad and short blade. It is certainly a find from the province of Gilan in northern Iran. Price: on request Large Luristan horse pendant Large Luristan horse pendantThe spectacular creature with conjoined horse bodies is characteristic for the bronze works of Luristan. From the early 1st Millenium BC. Price: on request Large Roman Terra Sigillata cup from workshop of Vitalis - found in the Rhineland Large Roman Terra Sigillata cup from workshop of Vitalis - found in the RhinelandWith potters' mark OF VITA. Found 1966 - 1981 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 Clodius Albinus denarius Very fine Clodius Albinus denariusThe reverse shows Providentia, a globe at her feet. Wonderful dark patina. Ex Gilles Blançon Numismatik. Price: on request Campanian bail amphora with warrior Campanian bail amphora with warriorThe original white painting of shield and leg protection is perfectly preserved. From an old German collection. Price: on request
 
