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Ancient art and antiquities in the Alte Roemer online shop
Welcome to the Alte Roemer shop, where you will find authentic artefacts covering the time span from Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Refine your search to ancient Roman, Greek, Egyptian or other antiquities using the navigation menu on the left, or just browse our full selection. An own section of our shop is dedicated to ancient numismatics with focus on Roman and Greek coins. Please do not hesitate to contact us any time via email or using our contact form. Correspondence is welcome in English, German, Italian, French, Russian or Japanese.
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Mosaic glass inlays and spindle whorls
Nice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. Including two fragments with a wonderful floral decor.
€1,180Egyptian glass inlay in face shapeThe flat relief made of red glass paste served as an inlay and decorative element in the Ptolemaic period. It was combined with a headgear and body inlay.
€8,900Hellenistic or Roman female marble head - possibly AthenaFrom the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
€1,270Roman marble head of a woman - ex Duke University of Art MuseumBeautiful, life-size portrait. The provenance can be reconstructed until 1920, when the portrait was acquired from Jannis Demetrios Mikas by Ernest Brummer, both famous collectors.
€25,000Thracian silver tondo with female bustBeautiful repoussé from the Hellenistic period showing a female bust in high relief. From the well-known Cullman collection.
€4,150Luristan bronze standard with ibexesBronze standard with stand from Iron Age Northern Iran. Decorated by a pair of ibexes. Possibly a teraphim, a house god, as referred to in the Old Testament.
€840Roman appliqués of Sol Invictus and LunaEnsemble of two nice terra cotta examples of the cult around the Roman sun god and moon goddess in Roman Imperial times.
€2,100Roman facade decoration shaped as theatre maskImpressive and striking marble mask. It once adorned the upper facade of a villa or a public building during Roman Imperial times.
€5,700Mosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. Including one fragment with a wonderful floral decor.
€950Mosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlNice group of polychrome inlays and a spindle weight from Roman Egypt. Including one fragment with a wonderful floral decor.
€950Stone relief from GandharaWunderful example of the curious symbiosis of greek art and buddhist tradition in the second century. The relief shows a key moment in Buddhas life, when he abandons his life as prince Siddhartha to seek enlightenment.
€4,000Roman bronze Apollo Kitharoidos - ex Christie'sImpressive, very aesthetic figure. Excellently preserved with beautiful patina. Mounted on modern green marble base.
€12,000Hellenistic gold diademMagnificent head-dress in the shape of a pediment from the time of Alexander the Great. Embossed with a floral decoration, supplemented by birds and grasshoppers. This piece has been published in a 1965 standard work on hellenistic gold jewellery.
€6,380Roman-Egyptian glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. From an old English collection, ex Bonhams London.
€610Horse bit from LuristanDelightful artefact attesting the dawn of horse breeding in Western Iran during the 8th century BC. Figural decorations form the cheek pieces.
€1,800Mosaic glass inlays and spindle whorlsNice group of polychrome inlays and spindle weights from Roman Egypt. Including two fragments with a wonderful floral decor.
€870Byzantine bronze processional cross holderExcellent condition, beautiful patina, worth the exhibition in a museum. Middle Byzantine Period, Constantinople or Asia Minor workshop.
€4,930Female stone portrait headHellenistic Greece or Egypt under Roman rule. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
€3,450Roman marble relief with hunting scene: Eros carrying hindSupposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.
€7,950Egyptian plaque of BesRare type of depiction of the dwarf god. From the collection of the Newark Museum of Art. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Including thermoluminescence analysis.
€1,930Mosaic glass inlay with half maskSkillfully arranged motif that could be combined with a plate of the same motif to show a full face. Made in Egypt during the early Roman Imperial period.
€4,700Side frame of a Roman stoolPiece of a seating furniture with elaborate openwork designs. The fantastic state of preservation is known from other bronze stools found in Pompeii and the area around Mount Vesuvius.
€14,100Mosaic glass inlay with floral motifSkillfully arranged motif of lilies and palmettes. Made in Egypt during the early Roman Imperial period.
€1,420Horse bit from LuristanDelightful artefact attesting the dawn of horse breeding in Western Iran during the 8th century BC. Highly stylized horses form the cheek pieces.
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