Coins - 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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Marc Antony legionary Denarius - LEG VIIII
On obverse galley with scepter tied with fillet on prow, on reverse aquila between two standards. Rarer than the LEG IX variety
Antoninus Pius Denarius - Modius with corn ears and poppyRome mint, 140 - 143 A.D. Very fine.
Price: on requestScarce Septimius Severus legionary denariusCelebrating the Legio XIII Gemina, on reverse aquila between two standards. Coined 193 AD, Rome mint.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Diocletian argenteusAbsolutely extremely fine, uncirculated. The RIC states the rarity with R2. In the Occident, Diocletian is (in)famous for the last and largest persecution of Christianity.
Early Marcus Aurelius DenariusRome mint, 161 A.D. The reverse shows Providentia standing, holding globe and cornucopia.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Marc Antony Denarius - LEG XIBeautiful dark patina. Commemorating the Legio XI formed by M. Anton, while a Legio XI Actiaca fought in the Actium campaign serving Octavian.
Very fine Marcus Aurelius Sestertius - found in Rhineland, GermanyLovely dark green patina with nice sand deposits. Rome mint, 177 - 178 AD.
Price: on requestVery fine Hadrianus DenariusThe reverse shows Genius performing a sacrifice. Ex Münz-Cabinet Berlin auction 1985.
Price: on requestScarce Marc Antony Denarius - LEG XIIIIScarce legion, for which the writing XIIII is again rare compared to XIV
Price: on requestExtremely fine Caesar Denarius with beautiful patinaWith this coin type, Caesar puts himself and gens IVLIA into one line with the divine mythical heroes of ancient Greece. Perfectly centered, almost uncirculated coin.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved coin from the Holy Land, coined when Jesus was bornCoined by Herodes Archelaos, son of Herod the Great, 4 BC - 6AD. Very fine condition. Perfectly centered, with beautiful dark green and red sand patina.
Price: on requestVery fine Nero AureusThis coin type celebrates the failing of the "Pisonian Conspiracy" and emphasizes the divine protection for emperor Nero. Impressive portrait, condition slightly better than very fine.
Price: on request8 Reales, also known as cob coin, piece of eight or pirate moneyPotosi, Bolivia. Very fine, rare quality and preservation for a cob coin.
Price: on requestVery fine Claudius sestertius with beautiful patinaEx private collection, acquired 1981 from the collection of Günther Schlüter, who was the president of the German Numismatic Society in Berlin in 1975-1977.
Celtic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestCeltic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestAttische Tetradrachme mit behelmter Athena und EuleCa. 454 – 404 v. Chr. Tolle Eulendarstellung, vorzüglich.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Domitian dupondiusLarge impressive coin with beautiful portrait and nice patina. Rome mint, 90 - 91 A.D.
Price: on requestAugustus Cistophoric tetradrachmLarge impressive silver coin with nice portrait. Ephesus mint, 24 - 20 B.C.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved Celtic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestRoman Republican denarius coined 49 BC after Caesar crossed the RubiconWonderfully preserved piece from one of the most exciting periods of Roman history. Legionary eagle on reverse.
Price: on requestVery fine Hadrian sestertius with dark tiber patinaThe reverse show Fortuna sitting to the left with globus and cornucopia. Rome mint, 132 - 134 A.D.
Price: on requestRare Trajanus SestertiusThe reverse of this coin depicts Trajan's acclamation by the troops as imperator for the ninth time, which occurred during the campaigns on the eastern frontier. Rome mint, 115 A.D.
Price: on requestAlexander III the Great TetradrachmExtremely fine attractive piece with beautiful patina. Coined during the reign of Alexander.
Price: on requestMarcus Iunius Brutus DenariusExtremely fine. Attractive, fully centered piece with beautiful patina. Ex NAC Zürich auction.
Price: on requestExtremely rare Augustus aureusNot in RIC, BMC or Cohen. This coin is published in Calico, Bahrfeldt, Banti/Simonetti. Published as part of the Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón collection (Nr. 2942) in 1892. Sold in Etienne Bourgey December 1913 auction in Paris.
Price: on requestBrooch with copy of Euainetos decadrachmonVery detailed galvano-copy of a specimen from a museum or an important collection, rew-orked to an elegant brooch. Perfectly preserved, from an old German collection.
Price: on request11 Roman coins from an old German collectionThe small collection features different emperors from the late Roman Empire and the early Byzantine era. From the collection of Prof. Schmid, acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s.
Price: on requestAlexander the Great drachmEarly posthumous specimen from Kolophon, Ionia. Acquired 1984 from the Münzen- und Medaillenhandlung Stuttgart, Germany.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved corinthian stater with tritonBeautiful dark patina, ex Athena Coins Munich, acquired 1980
Price: on requestRare Anactorion staterObv: Flying Pegasos, Rev: Helmeted head of Athena, with bucranion and monograms. Above KLE.
Price: on requestAugustus As: Winged thunderboltStruck under Tiberius, circa 34-37 AD. From an old German collection, acquired in Athena Gallery in Munich in 1980.
Price: on requestLouis XIV: Douzième d'écu au buste juvénileBeautiful silver 1/12 Ecu piece from the famous Sun King. Lyon mint, 1663 AD.
Price: on request