Early currency - 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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Roman fibula in the shape of a rabbitNice zoomorphic roman fibula made of bronze with enamel inlays depicting the young of the rabbit. Found near the Limes fortifications Pfoerring and Eining in Germany.
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Roman fibula in lozenge shapeAncient brooch in nice condition with remains of the original enamel inlays. Found near the Limes fortifications Pfoerring and Eining in Germany.
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Roman plate brooch found at the LimesAncient brooch with circular plate. Found near the Limes fortifications Pfoerring and Eining in Germany.
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Egyptian funerary figurine of General SematauiVery well preserved ushebti from the Late Period of ancient Egypt. An expertise from 2015 comes with this object. From an old British collection.
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Roman bronze strainer from "Museum fuer Morgenlandfahrer"Large piece in very good condition with nice patina. On display in "Ex Oriente Lux" exhibition, published in the corresponding catalogue.
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Tiberius Denarius - Tribute PennyBeautiful, fully centered and almost extremely fine piece.
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Greatly preserved Apulian bell kraterLarge vase in great condition. Used for watering down wine in Ancient Greece. From old German collection.
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Massive Roman bronze Mercurius (Hermes) figurinePerfectly preserved, delicate piece of ancient art with beautiful green patina, 1st century BC - 2nd century AD
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Three ancient eye beadsThe group of rare ancient eye beads consists of glass beads with polychrome inlays.
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Three ancient eye beadsThe group of rare ancient beads consists of glass beads with polychrome inlays.
Price: on request
Three ancient eye beadsThe group of rare ancient eye beads consists of glass beads with polychrome inlays.
Price: on request
Egyptian Scarab with sun beetleThe scarab amulet from Ramesside times has a beetle engraved in the lower side, flanked by two symbols.
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Memorial scarab for Thutmose IIIA royal sphinx and Maat, the goddess of truth and justice adorn the lower side. Above them is the cartouche of Mencheperre. The piece is probably from the regin of Ramesses IV or V.
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Scarab with pharao on throneThe piece dates to the Third Intermediate Period and was probably produced in Tanis. It shows a pharao with a subordinate.
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Scarab with Amun inscriptionBearing the hieroglyphs "the god Amun of Theben is lord". From the Late Period of ancient Egypt. Beautiful green stone.
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Roman fibula from the Richard Hattatt collectionLozenge-shaped ancient roman fibula. The piece is published in the standard work "Iron Age and Roman Brooches". Found in Norfolk, England.
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Roman brooch of a swimming duckThree-dimensional bird shaped brooch with crescentic inlays of orange and blue enamel. Northern European type from the Roman Pricipate.
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Luristan bronze dagger with grip insertIt is very rare to find a Western Asiatic bronze dagger with an intact insert inside the grip. Dating to Iron Age Luristan, 1100 to 900 BC.
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Bracelet with snake headsMassive bronze bracelet dating to Roman Imperial times, 2nd cent. AD. Snake shaped terminals.
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Celtic rider figurineMassive, very well preserved bronze with impressive details.
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Roman strigilis with workshop markExcellently preserved, massive bronze, stable. Workshop mark "N" on the reverse.
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Augustus Denarius: Gaius and LuciusNice, fully centered and almost extremely fine piece.
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Massive Bronze Age spear headPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
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Massive Bronze Age spear headPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
Price: on request
Massive Bronze Age spear headPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
Price: on request
Massive Bronze Age spear headPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
Price: on request
Roman bronze Mercurius (Hermes) figurineFrom an old German collection, found between 1978 and 1984 at the limes castles Pförring and Eining.
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