Classical antiquity - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Very fine Seleukos I. Nikator tetradrachm
Seleukos was one of the hetairoi of Alexander the Great. The biga on this coin type is much rarer than the quadriga.
Price: on requestPosthumous Alexander the Great tetradrachm from Lampsakos, MysaiaAlmost extremely fine, the head of Herakles in beautifully high relief. From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Price: on requestRoman potsherds and mosaic fragment from the RhinelandFragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman potsherds from the Rhineland, including large relief decorated fragment with she-wolf or bear and birdsFragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with quadrigaNice depiction on the dark glass paste. It shows the horses of the chariot at full gallop.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with nymph and satyrThe white banded glass paste and shows a scene with nymph or maenad putting her arm around a satyr's neck.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with godThe roman intaglio shows a standing god. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestHellenistic gold earrings with lion headsGold jewellery with plastically modeled heads of a lion. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings.
Price: on requestRed figure Oinochoe with rare Satyr sceneOverall great impression with excellently preserved decoration.
Price: on requestVery fine Constantius II. siliquaVOTIS / XXX / MVLTIS / XXXX in wreath, C IA in exergue. Constantinopolis mint, 11th officina, 351 - 355 A.D. Wonderful dark patina.
Price: on requestTwo large Roman clay bowlsImpressively large vessels from the Roman Imperial period. Both are finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestTwo large Roman clay potsImpressively large vessels from the Roman Imperial period. Both are finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two personsRoman light red glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing Heracles and Apollon.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with person in mantleAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. It shows a person leaning on a sword or rudder stock.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with goddess NikeAttractive white banded orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestStirrup vessel with lizzardsBeautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows two lizzards on each side. 100 to 500 AD.
Price: on requestPair of Roman gold earringsS-shaped earrings with small decorative elements. Roman craftsmanship of the 1st to 2nd century from the eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestImpressive massive Roman bronze oil lamp with birdFrom a German private collection, acquired 1982 at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany. The bird possibly depicts a dove, a popular symbol among the early Christians, symbolizing the Holy Spirit.
Price: on requestRoman Republican coinage - very fine Semis, 211 - 208 BCThe obverse is showing a wreathed head of Saturn, prora on the reverse. Great dark brown patina.
Price: on requestVery fine Augustus As with beautiful dark patinaBare head on obverse, legend around SC on reverse. Ex Gerhard Hirsch auction 141, 1984.
Price: on requestLarge Roman roof tile from the RhinelandGreat condition, very rare for a Roman tile of this size. 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.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestCeltic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestNicely decorated Megarian bowlPerfectly preserved incl. the decoration with leaf bands and blossom medallion in high relief.
Price: on requestJudaea - Prutah from year 3 of first Jewish War - ex KuenkerFine to very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew insciprios "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".
Price: on requestLarge Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with relief decorationFound 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.
Price: on requestImpressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificateImpressive vase showing a young man and a sitting woman, possibly from the workshop of the Truro Painter.
Price: on requestRoman glass rodThe object had a function as a distaff, a tool for spinning. Particularly noteworthy is the beautiful spiral decoration and the complete preservation of the fragile material. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestPublished Greek figurine of a pantheressThree-dimensional figurine with high level of detail, very nicely preserved. Around 300 BC, Magna Graecia. Published, from the Leo Mildenberg collection.
Price: on requestVery fine tetrobol from Histiaia in EuboiaObverse: Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia right, reverse: Nymph Histiaia seated on galley right.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with young satyrNice white-banded, orange-brown glass paste. It shows the spirit of nature in extasy.
Price: on requestRoman glass flaskFlask with voluminous body and base ring from the Late Roman period. A piece from the Dr. Teubner collection.
Price: on request