Southern Europe - Rare - 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.-
Exceptionally well preserved, very rare Demetrios III. tetradrachm
Extremely fine, uncirculated piece. Very rare, especially in this condition.
Price: on requestPublished Etruscan mirror with Dionysian sceneSubject of extended scientific analysis, one of only about 34 known specimen. High quality work, excellent condition. Described by Prof. Jucker as "small piece of art". From an old Swiss private collection. Overall in exceptional condition with thoroughly worked details.
Price: on requestItalic chestplate with fine decorationsBronze armour from the fascinating transitional period between the late Villanova culture and the early Etruscans. Decorated with bands of zigzag and swastica.
Price: on requestAthenian black-figure LekythosSo-called "warrior's fare well" group. An almost identical piece which surely originates from the same workshop is exhibited in Tuebingen, another very similar piece is at the Antikenmuseum Basel. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestBlack figure Etruscan Stamnos 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 Bolseno area, Italy.
Price: on requestExtremely rare Augustus aureusNot 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 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 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 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 requestVery rare Roman plastic oil lampLamp in the shape of a comic actor wearing a slave mask. Very impressive and rare piece.
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 oil lamp showing emperor ClaudiusVery rare depiction of this Roman emperor on a piece of pottery intended for daily use. Very well preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestCampanian bail amphora with parallel pieces in Capua museumTwo stilistically identical pieces from the same hand or workshop are on display in Capua in the Museo Campano. Perfectly preserved piece, very rare in such condition.
Price: on requestVery rare double-spouted Roman bronze oil lampImpressive, massive piece with great patina. With original chains and hook
Price: on requestRare precursor of a bell kraterFirst half 7th century BC, possibly slightly later. Decorated with geometric motifs. Very interesting, unpublished shape.
Price: on requestPublished Krater attributed to the Nicholson painterImpressive, very large and perfectly preserved vase with thermoluminescence expertise.
Price: on requestGreek bronze olpePerfectly preserved, massive piece with beautiful dark patina, 6th-5th century BC. With ArtLoss Certificate.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio from rare dichroic glassThe lower half of the intaglio is intact and shows a woman in a long dress. Truely special about the piece is the blue reflecting glass that turns violet when light is passing through it.
Price: on requestRoman bronze portrait head, possibly one of the soldier emperorsPerfectly preserved, delicate piece of ancient art with beautiful green patina, 3. century AD
Price: on requestExtraordinary rare Julia Domna bronze from PaphlagoniaThe only specimen currently offered on the international numismatic market known to us. The coin praises the city of Gangra-Germanikopolis as the "altar of gods" and the oldest city of all Paphlagonia.
Price: on requestRare Nero AureusRome, 64 - 65 AD. The reverse shows the emperor with his second wife, Poppaea Sabina. Rare (R2).
Price: on requestRoman gold diadem with bust of Licinius IIExciting and very well preserved piece.
Price: on requestRoman military whistleHistorically interesting example of Roman military equipment. Whistles of this type have been used in the 1st to 2nd cent. AD. Their function is not fully understood, yet.
Price: on requestPerfectly centered Domitian aureusReverse showing cornucopiae, in field COS IIII. Almost extremely fine, Rome 76-77 AD
Price: on requestRare Markus Antonius fouree denariusMint moving with Antonius. 42 BC, the year which has seen the 2nd triumvirat and the death of Caesar's murderer Brutus. Great cabinet patina, very rare in this condition.
Price: on requestRoman military whistleHistorically interesting example of Roman military equipment. Whistles of this type have been used in the 1st to 2nd cent. AD. Their function is not fully understood, yet.
Price: on requestGriechische Skyphos im GnathiastilTrinkschale mit zwei Henkeln und sehr reichem Dekor, schöner als referenziertes Museumsexemplar.
Price: on requestKleiner Kopf aus BleiHohlplastik eines männlichen Kopfes aus Blei, mit Frisur aus der Zeit der Adoptivkaiser,
Price: on requestSeltene zweischnauzige römische ÖllampeIm Spiegel sehr gut erhaltene Abbildung von Cupido, auf dem Henkel eine Serapisdarstellung. Dieser Typ ist in Ton sehr selten.
Price: on requestFein gearbeiteter römischer GlaskrugElegante Henkelkanne aus feinem Glas. Kugelförmigem Körper, eingedrückte Standfläche, bikonchal geformte Lippe, 85mm hoch. 3. bis 4. Jh. n. Chr.
Price: on requestKaiserzeitliche römische Lampe mit imperialem AdlerMuseumswürdiges Stück mit dem Symbol des römischen Imperiums, gefertigt auf dem italischen Festland.
Price: on requestNeolithisches IdolWeibliches Idol aus gebranntem Ton. Kleidung und Gesichtszüge durch Ritzungen dargestellt. Frühe Jungsteinzeit, 125mm hoch.
Price: on requestRömische Scheibenfibel mit GlaskameeAntike Brosche mit Glasverzierung in Gesichtsform. Sehr seltenes Schmuckstück, Kamee von hervorragender Qualität. 2. bis 5. Jh. n. Chr. 32mm Durchmesser, 7,3g.
Price: on requestRarität - Griechische Öllampe aus der Werkstatt des Pireithos mit erotischer SzeneEine identische Lampe ist im Katalog von Heinz Menzel erfasst.
Price: on requestRömischer Goldanhänger mit KameoAls Ohrring getragen. Mit Darstellung vornehmer Dame in Achatkameo, Verzierung aus Perlen an Goldfäden. 2. bis 3. Jh. n. Chr., römische Kaiserzeit. Ca. 3,3g Gold.
Price: on request