Classical antiquity - Southern Europe - 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.-
Extremely rare Augustus aureus
Not in RIC, BMC or Cohen. This coin is published in Calico, Bahrfeldt, Banti/Simonetti. Published as part of the Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón collection (Nr. 2942) in 1892. Sold in Etienne Bourgey December 1913 auction in Paris.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with aphroditeRing stone made of lovely orange glass paste. Roman Republican to Imperial.
Price: on requestAncient intaglio from yellow glass pasteThe scene shows a standing goddess with cornucopia. Beautiful piece of jewellery dating to Roman Republican or Imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with DionysusVery nice and rare depiction of the god of winemaking and wine, joy, grape-harvest, of fertility, ritual madness and religious ecstasy.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with FaustulusThe intaglio shows a bearded man resting on his cane. It might be a depiction of Faustulus. According to Roman mythology the foster father of Romulus and Remus.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with young manOval shaped ring stone made of lovely yellow glass paste. Quality work from Roman times.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with the muse ClioThe quality work is made of blue glass paste. It shows the muse of history with her attribute the parchment scroll.
Price: on requestRoman gold pendant with glass pasteThe piece of jewellery could be a big earring or the central piece of a necklace. Dating to Late Roman Imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman marble portrait, possibly Traianus DeciusExtraordinarily preserved marble head. Comparable in quality with portraits of Roman emperors on exhibition in large museums. Either a portrait type not yet surely attributed to Traianus Decius, or a private portrait of the Decius era imitating the official imperial portraits.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved Apulian pelikeFrom the collection of Prof. Dr. Schmid, acquired 1977 at the Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne. With ArtLoss Certificate.
Price: on requestEtruscan red figure KylixThe tondo shows an elaborate depiction of two men. From an old German private collection, acquired 1979 at René Gott gallery, Geneva. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandNicely preserved amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestBrooch with copy of Euainetos decadrachmonVery detailed galvano-copy of a specimen from a museum or an important collection, rew-orked to an elegant brooch. Perfectly preserved, from an old German collection.
Price: on request11 Roman coins from an old German collectionThe small collection features different emperors from the late Roman Empire and the early Byzantine era. From the collection of Prof. Schmid, acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s.
Price: on requestAlexander the Great drachmEarly posthumous specimen from Kolophon, Ionia. Acquired 1984 from the Münzen- und Medaillenhandlung Stuttgart, Germany.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved corinthian stater with tritonBeautiful dark patina, ex Athena Coins Munich, acquired 1980
Price: on requestRare Anactorion staterObv: Flying Pegasos, Rev: Helmeted head of Athena, with bucranion and monograms. Above KLE.
Price: on requestAugustus As: Winged thunderboltStruck under Tiberius, circa 34-37 AD. From an old German collection, acquired in Athena Gallery in Munich in 1980.
Price: on requestPair of Roman gold earringsNice golden earrings with blue glass inserts from late Roman Imperial times. It is a belonging pair of earrings which is in itself a rarity.
Price: on requestGold earrings with Nike pendantsGreek hellenistic earring pair made of gold and emerald. Beautiful jewellery with granulated rosettes, emerald beads and plastic Nike statuettes. Including material analysis report.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina.
Price: on requestTwo Greek leaden sling bulletsAlmond shaped lead bullets of a slinger. They were part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestTwo Greek leaden sling bulletsAlmond shaped lead bullets of a slinger. They were part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestTwo Greek leaden sling bulletsAlmond shaped lead bullets of a slinger. They were part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestLeaden sling bullet with inscriptionsAlmond shaped lead bullet of a slinger. It was part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestOil lamp mirror with erotic scene, piece from same workshop exhibited in Getty Museum in LARare type, very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp fragment with erotic scene, ex Christie's New YorkRare type, very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection.
Price: on requestRoman glass pasteThis glass paste is made of beautiful yellow glass. Roman Imperial.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with DionysosThe glass paste shows the god of wine and ritual madness with his staff leaning against a column. Roman Imperial times.
Price: on request