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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.-
Augustus As: Winged thunderbolt
Struck 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 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 intaglio in beautiful turquoiseThe scene shows a standing Aphrodite surrounded by Erotes. Quality glass paste dating to Roman Imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with depiction of a warrior in armorThe piece is based in a high quality gem stone and has been molded with all details. Oval shape and nice colour sparkling in red and purple.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with HeraclesThis ancient intaglio from Roman times shows Heracles kneeling. Made from orange glass paste.
Price: on requestLekythos from Toledo Museum collectionEx collection Prof. G. Olcott, the first Columbia University professor for Roman archeology. Acquired from his estate 1912 by the Toledo Museum (Ohio), in the museum collection until 2017. Found in Apulia.
Price: on requestMassive Bronze Age spear head, possibly celticPerfectly preserved, large piece with beautiful patina. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestImpressive Roman imperial bronze oil lampBeautiful patina, very well preserved. With large leaf-shaped handle. Dating to 1st - 2nd century AD.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with head of a Taurus as handleRare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp showing Sol-HeliosInteresting transition type to the so-called North African oil lamps. Nicely preserved, unusual piece.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with heart-shaped nozzleNicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with heart-shaped nozzleNicely preserved oil lamp from the Roman Imperial era.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp decorated with dotsNicely preserved piece with heart-shaped nozzle.
Price: on requestMassive roman oil lampMade in North Africa in the late 3rd century AD. From an old collection
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 requestRoman oil lamp found in the 1890s in CologneFound in the Mauritiussteinweg street during construction works. Since 1890s in the private Cologne collection O.
Price: on requestRoman imperial oil lamp with HermesFrom the German collection Becker, in this for 3 generations.
Price: on requestGnathian Oinochoe with golden ivy leafs and lion headElegant large vessel, so-called Gnathia pottery. Very well preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Only minimal wear.
Price: on requestCorinthian alabastron with lionLarge piece without any damage, rare preservation for an object of this size. Very impressive.
Price: on requestSmall late corinthian amphoriskosPerfectly preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum. Original brilliant colors, no damages or restorations. 6th century BC.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved Olpe from an old German collectionShowing a sitting Eros. Excellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. Late 4th century BC.
Price: on requestRed figure Oinochoe from an old German collectionShowing Eros and a female dancer. Excellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. 4th century BC.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp from FORTIS workshopRather rare type with large discus handle. From the very old German collection Becker.
Price: on requestGreek Attic oil lamp6th - 5th century BC, nicely preserved example of a very early oil lamp used in ancient Europe.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp with floral motifDark clay with partially preserved dark glaze. Nicely preserved, from an old collection.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp - very rare typeDark clay with partially preserved dark green glaze, very rare transition type. Nicely preserved, from an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman swastika broochThe swastika shape was known to the Romans as crux gammata. This brooch type of the later Imperial period was used in large parts of the Roman Empire.
Price: on requestRoman fibula with decorated footThis type of kraftig profilierte fibula has a nice trapezoidal foot with punch decor. It was popular in Central Europe during the 1st and 2nd century AD.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with helmeted bustThe small work of art is made of beautiful turquoise glass. It shows the head of a young soldier with a Corinthian helmet pushed to the back of the head.
Price: on request