Ancient Roman, circa. 1st - 3rd century A.D. Bronze bust of Jupiter. Depicted from the shoulders up, with well-defined facial details hair, eyes, thick beard and muscular neck and shoulders. Likely was part of a handle from a Roman vessel.
HEIGHT: 42 mm (1 5/8 inches).
CONDITION: Signs of usage and wear with nice olive-green glossy patina.
PROVENANCE: Ex. Old Canadian collection.
A very attractive bronze protome figure of a leopard, with finely made details, such as the spots in the skin
and the nice details of the head. Roman Imperial, c. 1st. cent. AD
The forepart of the leopard in a seated position, it's silver plated with a bronze core.
Size: 4,2 cm. wide and 3 cm. tall. Weight: 44 grams.
Ex. Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired at Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., München Auktion 286, 2013, Lot 340.
Group Lot of Roman Bronze Fragments, great for a beginning collector or someone interested in how ancient bronze patinas .
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.
Interesting device, possible from a lock or attachment for furniture (?), Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
Attractive with nice green patina.
Size: 55 mm. - quite massive for it's size.
Ex. German Private Collection
An ancient Roman bronze coin of Emperor Constantine the Great, dated from, 307 - 337 AD
Beautifully set in a simple elegant modern 18k gold pendant.
Obverse:
Laureate bust of Emperor Constantine facing right
Reverse:
Genius standing Left holding cornucopia.
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel
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Ancient Roman bronze fibula – brooch, circa 1st -3rd century AD.
CONDITION: in good condition except for missing iron clasp, nice green patina
MEASUREMENTS: 1 5/8 inches (4 cm) long.
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A wonderful lot of 8 fibulas, incl. two of silver, Roman to Merovingian period, c. 1st.- 6th. cent. AD.
Roman Imperial, 1st.-4th...
Lot of three very nice bronze antiquities, incl. a dress pin with knobbed head, probably celtic, 3rd. cent. BC, a finely made large amulet of a Bullae in bronze with a loop, and a small intact amulet with a loop depicting Fortuna, both Roman 1st.-3rd. century
Size: 9 cm. for the dress pin, 5,3 cm. for the Bullae and 25 mm. for Fortuna.
Condition: EF, all intact with fine patinas.
Ex. 'Hafnia Coins & Antiques' inventory from the 1990s.
A lot of 4 attractive larger size Roman bronze military fibulas, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The lot includes a very nice Roman bow fibula (53 mm. long), perfectly intact, good metal and ring attached to the pin; a Roundel fibula, (diameter 36 mm.) intact; a large bow fibula with intact pin (70 mm.!), small repair, and a Dolphin-shaped fibula, incl. pin (5,1 cm). repaired.
Nice green patinas.
Ex. German private collection from the 1960s to ca. 2000.
An ancient Roman bronze leg from a large bronze vessel, depicting a feline, with short mane, mouth agape and with ferocious expression. 1 5/8 inches high. Purchased on the New York art market. Said to be from an old Dutch collection.
Authentic, ancient, cast bronze Etruscan hand mirror. It dates back to Etruria (Italy) around 350-200 BC and is in a typical Etruscan form with a tapered stem handle. It is shaped like a circular disc with a slight concave on the reverse and has a pronounced two-stage lip engraved in concentric circles. The lip is also incised with a continuous groove around the rim and adorned with an engraved lobed rosette in the form of a flower head...
ROMAN LION HEAD BRONZE ROUNDEL
ROMAN PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Roman bronze lion head roundel in high relief, mouth grips a ring
Dated from the 200 – 300 AD
Measurements:
Height: 5.2 cm
Width 4.8 cm
Height on stand: 10 cm
Condition: Intact with natural patina
Mounted on a custom made plexi-glass display stand
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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Rhyton with a cylindrical shape progressively widening toward its top to give an overall conical aspect. The rython is decorated with two feminine deities figures in relief on both sides, wearing horns and having a posture similar to the one of Osiris statues. The body of the rhyton itself is decorated with superimposed geometric designs in slight relief. The piece is made of bronze, with an encrusted green patina. Mesopotamia, probably Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 1500 B.C. Height: 11.5 cm...
A beautiful bronze bust of a deity, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
A bust of a deity, perhaps Silvanus or Pan(?). With headdress and with a strap over the chest from a quiver with arrows.
Size: 44 mm. tall and weighing 57,5 grams!
Condition: Very Fine for the age and excarvated type! Fine metal, partly cleaned.
Ex. Hafnia Coins inventory (Copenhagen), aquired in the late 1990s.
An interesting large Roman-Late Roman bronze Oil Lamp, ca. 3rd.-5th. century AD:
The lamp round with two arrow-shaped nozzles / spouts and a lid.
Size: Max 11,5 cm. incl. nozzles.
Condition: Fine, fractured at one side and lid repaired. Nice green patina.
Ex. Hirsch Auctions, old private collection.
Two rare natural striped Pyu agate beads and one Pyu banded agate bead.
Condition and size: See photos.
A beautiful and very rare cross bead pendant necklace with a gold crown and with gold and agate beads from the Pyu Dynasty.
Size: 42 cm end to end.(16.5 Inches end to end) Pendent: 4cm X 4cm.(1.5 inches X 1.5 inches)