On obverse galley with scepter tied with fillet on prow, on reverse aquila between two standards. Rarer than the LEG IX variety

Very well preserved, nice polychrome patina. Mounted on a very nice modern marble base.

From the collection of the viniculture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan. Worth the exhibition in a museum.

Typical head vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. The glass flask has the shape of two Medusa heads back to back.

Nice piece of jewellery from the later Roman Imperial period. With beaded wires and intaglio. Found in England.

Absolutely 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.

Beautiful dark patina. Commemorating the Legio XI formed by M. Anton, while a Legio XI Actiaca fought in the Actium campaign serving Octavian.

Well preserved Roman fibula made of silver. The type is from the Pannonian provinces of Rome and dates to the 2nd century.

Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd cent. AD.

The surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Perfectly preserved, beautiful dark green patina, worth the exhibition in a museum.

The gold bodies are decorated with portrait busts made of black and white layered onyx. The jewellery was made in the 2nd century AD in the Danube provinces of the Roman Empire.

The ancient impressions in clay are from papyrus documents issued and sealed in Roman times. A fantastic testimonial to Roman bureaucracy.

A lovely sculpture from an old US collection. Very nicely preserved surface, very detailed work of art.

Interesting group of objects from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems. It has two intaglios, one cameo, two glass decorations, a lead bulla and a modern cast of a quality ancient gem.

Supposedly from the collection of the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901). Very good condition, surface very well preserved.

Ex private collection, acquired 1981 from the collection of Günther Schlüter, who was the president of the German Numismatic Society in Berlin in 1975-1977.

Magnificent silver brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Such fibulae were made in the Danube area Roman provinces.

Skillfully 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.

This rare and elaborate silver repoussé is analyzed in a 1970 publication and attributed to a workshop in Antioch or Palmyra. Late 3rd century AD.

Piece 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.

Very well preserved fragment of a larger group. Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD, Roman Empire. From an old German collection, acquired in 1987 from Helmut Liebert in Krefeld, Germany.

Belonging pair of earrings from the late Roman Imperial period. With nice filigree decoration.

Bronze paterae with preserved handle are very rare, especially in this condition. Beautiful patina.

Interesting type of brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Nice specimen made of silver.

From an old German private collection, acquired ca. 1976 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

Perfume bottle with pattern on mold-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd to 4th cent. AD.

Skillfully arranged motif of lilies and palmettes. Made in Egypt during the early Roman Imperial period.

Massive piece with great patina. From a German private collection, acquired in the early 1980s.

Miniature works of art with different decorations. Fantastic examples for mosaic glass beads from the early Roman Imperial period.

Nicely decorated miniature works of art. Outstanding examples for mosaic glass beads from the early Roman Imperial period.

This small work of art was made around the beginning of the Common Era. The mosaic glass workshop it came from was probably located in Roman Ptolemaic Egypt.

Rare type, very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.

From an old German private collection, acquired December 1965 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.

Fantastic testimony to Roman Egyptian painting that has been well preserved in Egypt's dry desert climate. Formerly with Christie's South Kensington.

Rare type of a head vessel with faces of a young man or boy. Gorgeous blue pigmented glass.