The roman intaglio shows an important scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus returns home after his long journey. The hero is disguised as a beggar. He wears his pilos hat and is resting his weight on a stick.

Roman intaglio made of nice yellow-orange glass paste. It has a great motif, showing the goddess Athena with shield and spear, holding a small Nike on her hand.

Blue opaque glass paste with depiction of a soldier. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The orange glass paste shows the goddess next to a high column. Her mantled glides down below her hips at her back.

Different shapes of nails. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.

Fox tail type chain fragment. A Find from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.

Made of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

Bronze fibula from Anatolia around the time of King Midas. The piece is published in two standard works and was on loan to the Ashmolean Museum.

The face itself is fully preserved with nicely worked details. Mounted on a modern black wooden base.

Very well preserved incl. original painting. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.

Ptolemaic till Roman Egypt, worked with high level of details and very nicely preserved. From an old German collection.

The glass paste features a famous depiction of Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield. The motif reiterates a 1st century bronze statue.

The glass paste shows the god as a boy, standing with his bow in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

It shows the god with his upper body leaning forward, the left leg raised and bent. Magnificent orange glass paste with iridescent patina.

Made of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

There rare brooch type from northern Italy is based on predecessors from Greece. The piece is from the famous Richard Hattatt collection and is published in two of his works.

Imposing bronze brooch of the Italic Iron Age. The piece is published in the standard work "Brooches of Antiquity".

A wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.

From the workshop of Passenus. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

Very well preserved incl. original slip. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.

Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

The elaborate high relief shows the deceased resting on a kline, pointing to a tabula ansata which originally carried a painted inscription. Roman Empire, 2nd century AD. Ex Galerie Cahn, Basel.

Very fine example of a coin with a very special Biblical context. The reverse shows Livia as Pax. Ex Peus, acquired November 1968.

Very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

So-called Depas Amphikypellon from around 2500 BC. The famous type of drinking vessel from Troy as described in Homer's Iliad.

Massive bronze pendant in the shape of a standing ibex with long horns. From Iron Age Luristan.

Massive bronze pendant in the shape of a standing ibex with curved horns. From Iron Age Luristan.

Das Steinwerkzeug stammt aus der Jungsteinzeit Nord- oder Mitteleuropas. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die moderne Schäftung in Museumsqualität, die einen großartigen Eindruck von der einstigen Verwendung des Werkzeuges gibt.

Beautiful jewellery from the 2nd century made of gold with a green stone bead.

Rare depiction of the god of the moon Khonsu in the manner of the Egyptian child gods. From the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. A find from Karnak.

Nicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Rare syncretic merging of the goddesses Mut and Sekhmet. The lion headed statuette is shown standing with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Amulet seal from Thebes with depiction of Sobek. From the 18th to 20th dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Extremely fine, uncirculated piece. Very rare, especially in this condition.

Matching pair of jewellery made of gold with gemstones of red garnet. From an ancient workshop in Egypt or the Levant.

Die griechisch-römischen Ohrringe besitzen kunstvolle Granularien. Das Paar ist mehrfach publiziert.