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.

The roman intaglio of dark glass paste with white band shows a standing figure. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The beautiful violet glass paste shows the hero Heracles with two of his typical attributes, the club and the lion skin.

The beautiful finger ring from the Roman Imperial period is set with a carnelian stone. It shows a male portrait head in the linear style.

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.

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

Matching pair of jewellery made of gold with red gemstones. From the Roman Imperial period.

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

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

The reverse, showing Roma on shield with she-wolf suckling the twins and two woodpeckers, is copying a 200 years older Republican denarius.

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

Nice portrait, on reverse Capricorn with cornucopiae and rudder on globe. Colonia Patricia mint, 18 - 16 BC

The glass paste features Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield.

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.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. 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.

Almost extremely fine, perfectly centered. Slabbed by NGC. Rome mint, 75 A.D.

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

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".

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

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

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

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

Wunderschöne antike Ohrringe aus Gold. Griechische Zeit.

Wunderschöne antike Ohrringe aus Gold. Römische Zeit.

Large bronze brooch of a typical boat-shape from Iron Age Italy. A special feature and rarity are the three links of a chain still hanging on the pin.

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