Elaborate Roman silver ring, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The ring is moulded with a large female bust on the top. She is either a deity or a high-born lady, with a tall draped hairdress and diadem.
Size: about 25 mm. wide. 9.60 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. stable and Wearable. The surface with corrosion and brown deposits.
Ex. German private collection since 1990s, aquired at Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse...
Another substantial Roman silver seal ring with a red carnelian intaglio, 1st.-3rd. cent AD
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting...
An attractive large Roman seal or signet ring, engraved intaglo in the silver of an amphora. The ring isself a typical male upper class silver ring, heavy and with high shoulders decorated with V-sections. The amphora is engraved into a seal on a stepped rectangular podium
Size: c. 27 mm tall and weighing 12,11 grams. The ring-size is c. 20 mm. by 20 mm., so average to larger male ring-finger size...
Interesting and very attractive large Roman seal or signet ring, with a green Jasper intaglio, depicting a Galley / trireme. The ring isself a typical male uppeclass silver ring, very heavy and with the high shoulders decorated with scroll.
The Jasper stone very nicely engraved with details of the man at the rudder. This ring would probably have belonged to a Naval commandor (triarch) or a Centurion in the fleet.
Size: 3 cm. wide and weighing 15 grams. The ring-size is c...
A very nice lot of stringed glass bead and bird-amulets etc. also in coloured glass, including a perfect condition, Roman miniature glass jug with handle and openwork design, c. 1st.-4th. century AD.
Size: c. 40 cm. of beads and amulets in a single row, the jug is c. 21-22 mm. tall.
Ex. German Collection.
Interesting lot, incl. two round bronze finials, finely decorated / finely engraved with swirly patterns, Roman or darkage, c. 400-1000 AD.
Size: 26-28 mm. tall.
Ex. Old German Collection.
Ancient Roman vessel attachment, depicting a finely detailed figure of a lady, wearing an elaborate headdress, the shape of her breast protruding from her well-defined garment and her right hand playing the well-defined lyre. 1st/3rd Century AD. From a NYC private collection.
Ancient Roman yellow speckled jasper intaglio attached to a modern/antique ring.
The intaglio is nicely incised with an eagle with a wreath in its beak, standing on an altar.
Date: Roman, 1st -3rd century AD
Material: yellow speckled jasper
Size: intaglio: ca. 1,4 cm x 1,3 cm, ring size 60/61
Condition: edge slightly chipped
Provenance: Ex French collection of Mr...
A large collection of 28 Roman clay vessels, 1st.-4th. cent. AD.
Many nice types, incl. a decorated jar with handles which is probably earlier, c 1st. mill BC!
Height 6 - 19,5cm.
Condition: F-VF, some with smaller missing fragments, overall well preserved.
Ex. 1970s-80s. German collectionm
This ancient Roman artifact is a large, vibrant red terracotta bowl known as "Terra sigillata" that dates back to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The bowl's walls are thin and convex, while its base is flat and shaped like a wide disk. This unique piece of pottery provides an intriguing glimpse into the artistic and functional skills of the ancient Romans and is a testament to the enduring legacy of their civilization...
A very thick and massive gold ring with clasping right hands, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Typical high shoulders and compressed design...
Exceptional bronze applique of a head of Dionysos with ivy wreath and with silver inlaid eyes, probably a furniture fitting, Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Very high quality work for the period and a real conversation piece!
Height 6.5cm, width 6.3cm. substantial and heavy in hand.
Condition: Choice Good very fine, preserved inlays and a lovely red and green patina.
Ex. Austrian Private Collection
An attractive silver dress pin with a finely sculptured finial, Roman, 1st.-3rd. century BC.
Height 10,5cm.
The head of the pin a small figurine of a lion with enlarged phallus. Eyes probably originally inlaid.
Condition: Choice and intact, with dark patina.
Ex. Old Private German Collection.
A well carved intaglio seal in a black stone depicting the swirwling Sea monster Ketos, Greek or early Roman c. 2nd.-1st. cent. BC.
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The seal is set in a 22 carats (916 stamp) modern gold ring in an ancient style.
A solid 5 grams gold ring for it's smaller ringsize of only 14 mm.
Ex. Dutch Private Collection.
Glas Spherical flask free – blown blue glass with ribs
(cf. Morell collection, M212 purple)
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
Period: 1st century B.C.
Material: Glass
Dimension: 6,4 cm.
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Glass jug with a high handle on one side.
(cf. S.A. Huk, Corning, Vol. VII 1965, p.26)
Origin: Roman - Syrian
Period: 1st - 2nd century A.D.
Material: Glass
Dimension: 9,0 cm.
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323-4 AD.
Obverse: IVL CRIS_PVS NOB C, Laureate head right.
Reverse: VOT X within wreath, around which CAESARVM NOSTRORVM.
Size: 19 x 30 mm
Weight: 5.1 grams.
Crispus, in full Flavius Julius Crispus, (born c. 305—died 326, Pola, Venetia), eldest son of Constantine the Great who was executed under mysterious circumstances on his father’s orders.
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98-117 AD
Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right.
Reverse: Felicitas standing left, holding raised caduceus and cornucopiae.
Size: 19.1 x 29.0 mm
Weight: 7.9 grams
Emperor Trajan or Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus was Roman emperor from 98 AD to 117 AD. He was officially declared “optimus princeps”, which means “the best rule...