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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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Large early Etruscan boat-shaped fibula
The magnificent specimen stands out due to its rich and beautiful decorations. The boat-shaped type, also known as the Navicella fibula, was known in the regions around the Alps roughly 700 BC.
€2,440Thracian silver tondo with female bustBeautiful repoussé from the Hellenistic period showing a female bust in high relief. From the well-known Cullman collection.
€4,150Cycladic marble vaseThe so-called Kandila perfectly illustrates why the abstract Bronze Age art of the Cyclades still fascinates us today. The parallels to modern art are unmistakable. The masterpiece comes from Elie Borowski's inventory.
€34,000Extremely fine Julius Caesar denariusNice patina. Ex NAC Zürich, auction 25, 2003. Most likely minted to pay Caesar's troops after the victory at the Battle of Thapsus (North Africa, modern Tunis).
€2,450Corinthian aryballos in the form of a hareBeautiful small vessel for perfumed oil from the heyday of Corinthian pottery production, made around 600 BC.
€1,600Rare byzantine oil lamp with eight nozzlesDecorated with two crosses and a dove. From old french private collection, eEported with permit of the french Ministère de la Culture Nr. 224923.
€2,400Roman 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.
€2,100Corinthian aryballos in the form of a ramBeautiful small vessel for perfumed oil from the heyday of Corinthian pottery production, at the beginning of the 6th century BC.
€1,820Bronze Age casting mould for a lance headOne half of a stone mould for bronze casting. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.
€1,400Bronze Age casting mould for a chiselOne half of a stone mould for bronze casting. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.
€1,400Roman 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.
€6,380Cicero - very rare German 1535 edition with 234 partially page-large woodcutsThe only 1535 edition currently available on the market known to us. Very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume. Especially worth mentioning are the rich illustrations showing Death as Grim Reaper, feasts, a woman giving birth with midwife, and a scholar wearing glasses.
€7,800Base plate of a Roman mirrorPerfectly preserved bronze plate of a Roman mirror. A handle and reflective metal coating were once part of the object. Typical for upper class Roman households during Imperial times.
€295Theatre mask of a slaveExpressive life-size clay mask from Hellenistic Greece. It depicts the character of the slave from the New Comedy, i.e. a theatre style that developed with the Hellenistic period.
€5,300Rare byzantine lamp holder - ex Bonhams London, identical piece on exhibition at MET MuseumVery impressive, excellently preserved massive lamp. Nice patina. Decorated with crosses.
€5,500Greek fish plate from Newark MuseumAthenian or Greek colony in Southern Italy. Almost perfectly preserved, intense patina. Since 1954 in the collection of the Newark Museum of Art, USA.
€1,740Byzantine bronze processional cross holderExcellent condition, beautiful patina, worth the exhibition in a museum. Middle Byzantine Period, Constantinople or Asia Minor workshop.
€4,930Etruscan bronze ladle - ex Sotheby'sVery good condition, undamaged, with thick patina. Late Etruscan, 4th - 3rd century BC. From an old English collection.
€1,790Female 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.
€3,450Extremely 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.
€800Large greek alabaster AlabastronProbably Cypriot. Very large, impressive vessel in excellent condition. From the Swiss collection W. Rosenbaum (1894 - 1984).
€1,850Etruscan bronze figurine of a dancing KoreVotive figurine from Umbria region, 5th century B.C. Very well preserved with nice patina. Es W. Rosenbaum collection.
€2,870Roman 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.
€7,950Side 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.
€14,100Etruscan Vetulonia type helmetFrom the possession of New York City antiquities dealer Sumner Healey, who was made famous by Berenice Abbott's scenic photograph from 1936.
€18,000Mycenaean stirrup jarCharacteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC. From the inventory of an old educational lending collection.
€1,660Impressive hellenistic Canosa figurineProbably representation of Demeter. Traces of polychrome painting preserved. Unusual shape with flat handle, originally probably attached to large vase. From an old collection of a Frech engineer, acquired 1982 in Paris.
€2,393Greek fibula from the colonies in Southern ItalyLovely silver brooch and piece of jewellery. Late classical to early hellenistic period.
€750Greek fibula from ItalyLovely silver brooch from the Greek colonies in Southern Italy. Late classical to early hellenistic period.
€690Very high herm with bust of DionysosAn almost identical, however less well preserved herm in on exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
€2,950Large Roman cinerary urnImpressive jar from the 1st or 2nd century AD. Great condition for ancient glass of this size. 26cm high.
€4,800Late antique oil lamp from Dr. Steve Adler collectionRare multi-nozzle lamp with seven wick holes from the famous Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 539063.
€1,400Roman oil lamp from Dr. Steve Adler collectionMirror decorated with a harbor scene. From the famous Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 539063.
€1,400Opulent Late Bronze Age broochStunning large brooch dating to the Urnfield period. The museum quality piece is decorated by spirals and stylized water birds. 1200 to 800 BC.
€31,800Core-formed glass jugletThe brown glass with a decorative wave pattern imitates the shape of a Greek metal or pottery hydria, but without the handles at the sides. A nice example for the early glass production in Greek to Hellenistic times.
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