Attractive white banded orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The clay tablet is a receipt of sheep and goats from the Sumerian city of Puzrish-Dagan. It was made during the reign of King Shu-Sin, 2037 to 2029 BC. From the Yale University Collection.

Beautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows two lizzards on each side. 100 to 500 AD.

S-shaped earrings with small decorative elements. Roman craftsmanship of the 1st to 2nd century from the eastern Mediterranean.

Finely crafted flint projectile from the Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection.

Finely crafted flint projectile from the Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection.

A tool from the Early Neolithic of Europe. Nicely polished and impressive by its size and weight.

From 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.

The obverse is showing a wreathed head of Saturn, prora on the reverse. Great dark brown patina.

Bare head on obverse, legend around SC on reverse. Ex Gerhard Hirsch auction 141, 1984.

Great 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.

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.

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.

East Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.

Perfectly preserved incl. the decoration with leaf bands and blossom medallion in high relief.

Fine to very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew insciprios "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

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.

Impressive vase showing a young man and a sitting woman, possibly from the workshop of the Truro Painter.

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 Ouarzazate, Morocco.

The 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.

Three-dimensional figurine with high level of detail, very nicely preserved. Around 300 BC, Magna Graecia. Published, from the Leo Mildenberg collection.

Obverse: Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia right, reverse: Nymph Histiaia seated on galley right.

Nice white-banded, orange-brown glass paste. It shows the spirit of nature in extasy.

The cylindrical seal boosts a hero protecting two horned animals from attacking lions. A nice symmetrical composition by the seal engraver. Old Akkadian, around 2300 BC.

Flask with voluminous body and base ring from the Late Roman period. A piece from the Dr. Teubner collection.

Finely crafted tool from the New Stone Age of Europe. A specimen of the thin butted type.

Double-edged blade of a Bronze Age sword, the hilt missing. From the middle of the 2nd Millennium BCE.

The gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak.

The piece of gold jewellery could be worn as a pendant on the ear or on a necklace. The relief shows a most famous cult statue, the Ephesian Artemis. The medallion was made between the 1st and 3rd century.

The glass paste depicts a scene from the battle of the 300. Othryades declares the victory of Sparta. He writes it on the shield of a slain enemy with blood from his own wounds.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.

An ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange-brown glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

Found in October 1965 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.

Well centered, beautiful tone. The reverse shows the emblems of the pontificate.

The vase shows the fight of Herakles against a centaur, and on the other side a sitting woman with a satyr. Very delicate object, painting of exquisite workmanship for an apulian vase.