Prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Foggaret Ezzaouia, Algeria, North Africa.

An exciting mixed group from the Iron Age to Classical Antiquity. From the collection of Professor Manegold.

The skillful work shows the god Eros as a boy. Nice orange glass paste, imitating carnelian.

The Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.

Roman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white band. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

Impressive vase with high-quality painting, showing a king between hoplite warriors and youths. From old German collection, acquired in the early 1970s.

From an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.

From the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired 1962 from the collection of Prof. Dr Jochen Bleicken, University of Goettingen.

A group of seven miniature bowls and three miniature vases made of clay. Once filled with offerings and used ritually during a foundation stone laying ceremony. Dating to the Old Kingdom, around 2500 BC.

So-called Bilbil jugs of the Base Ring I ware. A testament to the opium trade of the late Bronze Age.

The Stone Age points are finely crafted. From a 100 year old museum collection.

The Stone Age points are finely crafted and in a good state of preservation. From a 100 year old museum collection.

The skillful work shows a Roman galley with rowers. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient glass paste.

Nice depiction of a lion on an orange glass paste from the Roman period.

Roman jewellery insert made of dark glass paste. It depicts a horse with a foal. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

A find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.

Brooch with a Romano-Celtic sunburst design. Circa 2nd century. A find from Roman Britain

Exciting group of 17 bronze objects. These include an Italian serpentine fibula with large disc head, three early Etruscan brooches, and a bronze sheet with a decorative head.

Very good condition, intact and not restored. From an old German private collection, acquired before 1982.

Beautiful kylix in excellent condition. Acquired 2022 at Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland. Ex Swiss private collection Prof. Hans Dahn (1919-2019), Lausanne. Acquired April 07, 1954.

Polychrome 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.

Polychrome 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.

Protective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience with black applications. Nice specimen from the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Protective amulet with dwarf god Bes. A typical specimen for its kind from Ancient Egypt.

The small glass vessel with a spherical body shows beautiful violet reflections and violet-brown transmissions. From the third century.

A Stone Age tool from Aalborg in Denmark. Nicely polished and impressive workmanship.

Nicely crafted Stone Age tool made of jadeite. From southern France.

A rare mixture of cicada fibula and trumpet fibula, from the 2nd century. Found on the Isle of Wight.

The marble seal bears a fight scene with lions. From the Early Dynastic or Akkadian period in the later 3rd Millennium BC.

Found 1971 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.

East Greek ointment vessel from the 6th century B.C. From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Showing bust of Venus and Octavian in military dress. Found 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.

Characteristic figure for the Bronze Age in the region that is today northern Syria. Dating to the 3rd or early 2nd Millennium BC.

Beautiful example with orange and turquoise enamel. A find from 2nd century Roman Britain.

The early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. A find from northern Italy.

The early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. From the collection of Professor Alder-Kissling.