A very large unguentarium made of slightly green clear glass Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and with broad base and tappering neck, sound glass.
Size: c. 17,5 cm. tall and 8,7 cm. in diameter at the base!
Condition: Extremely fine, sound almost clear glass vessel with beautiful silverish and rainbow irridescence and deposits inside.
Provenance: Formerly in the property of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)
Attractive and rare type of glass vase, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.
The flask in almost clear glass with beautiful thin irridescence!
Size: 12,2 cm.
Condition: Very fine and intact, some fragments reassembled nicely, but intact, nothing missing.
Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
This is an extremely rare Carthaginian glass head pendant, circa 5th-4th century B.C. It is 1 1/2 inches long. This is a Mediterranean core-formed glass bead. It is intact, in perfect condition with no repair or restoration. The patina on it is beautiful. Please view my youtube video on this item at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsF5COeUByw.
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of clear glass with a blue-green tones. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 16,8 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence and deposits.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 - 300 AD
With ribbed body and a shaped neck, "Would have been probably used to carry perfumed oils and ointments"
Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 4.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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#62187
A very rare and attractive glass flask or vase, decorated with sea animals, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
The flask with fine decorative impressions of sea animals - an octopus and a wonderfully detailed firsh on the surface. The neck is straight and undecorated and with a flat ring as a lip atop. Light blue-green glass.
Size: 11,2 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice for type - a hairline repair where the neck meets the body.
Ex...
GLASS PERFUME FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD
Yellowish color, roundel flat body with a little cylindrical shape neck.
Dimensions:
Height: 7 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition.
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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ANCIENT BRONZE COIN PENDANT OF EMPEROR LICINIUS
ROMAN PERIOD, 308 – 324 AD
Obverse: Laureate head right
Reverse: Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left.
Nicely set on sterling silver pendant
Dimensions:
Length: 3 cm
Diameter: 2
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
Licinius was a tough Illyrian soldier and, in the eyes of Galerius, an ideal choice...
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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From Jerusalem, you are considering a very attractive ancient Roman coins bracelet of Emperor Constantine, dated from, 307 - 337 AD
With their exquisite details and rich multi-hued patina, the five ancient Roman bronze coins of Emperor Constantine, radiate, draped &cuirassed bust right have been nicely joined and set together in a lovely handmade sterling silver bracelet
Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Constantine the Great, was the son of Helena and the First Tetrarchic ruler Constantius...
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE COIN OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
(A.D...
AN ANCIENT SILVER DENARIUS MINTED UNDER EMPEROR ANTONINUS PIUS
ROMAN, 138 - 161 AD
The obverse with the bust of Emperor Antoninus, shown facing right and wearing wreath.
The reverse with Liberalitas standing left, holding vexillum and cornucopia.
Beautifully set on a modern 18k gold flip ring jewelry
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ANCIENT ROMAN COIN NECKLACE
EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA
Hadrian (117-138 A.D.)
Nicely set in sterling silver necklace.
Dimensions:
Length: 47
Diameter: 2.8 cm
S T U N N I N G !
Obv:Laureate bust of Hadrian right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev: Eagle standing right
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BRONZE COIN SESTERTIUS NECKLACE
ROMAN EMPEROR PHILIP (MARCOS JULIUS PHILIPPIS AUGUSTUS)
Struck, 244 - 249 AD
Impressive bronze sestertius coin, beautifully set in handmade sterling silver wire pendant and guanine leather choker with silver clasp.
The obverse with a powerful portrait of Philip, shown draped, facing right and wearing laurel wreath...
ANCIENT BRONZE COIN PENDANT OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE II
ROMAN PERIOD, 322 – 325 AD
Obverse:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Reverse:
DOMINOR - NOSTROR - CAESS around laurel wreath containing VOT X (crescent).
Nicely set on sterling silver pendant
Dimensions:
Length: 3 cm
Diameter: 2
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE COIN NECKLACE
ROMAN, EMPEROR LICINIUS, 308 - 324 A.D...
A fine group of ancient pottery oil lamps, Later Roman to Byzantine periods, ca. 3rd.-6th. century AD.
Group consists of a 86 mm. long Roman lamp, 2nd.-3rd. cent. AD, a small round terracotta type, quite rare, 70 mm. long, likely Early Roman (?) and a larger Holyland type, Palestine ca. 6th. century AD. with ribbed corpus (damage to mouth), 95 mm.
A nice lot for one price!
Ex. Private collection, since 1960s.
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#211664
A nice and fine style roman pottery head, 1st. century AD.
Style of the head much like portraits of a young Nero.
Size: 53 mm. tall.
Ex. German Private Collection
Authentic Ancient 90-140 A.D. Roman Italian buff red Terracotta Oil lamp Loeschcke Type 8, with ring handle. Shallow plain concave discus: a single filling hole at center, and a groove and raised circle around edge. Slightly sloping shoulder and Incised base ring.
For similar lamp in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York please see the link below...
Bright red bowl covered by a dense, smoothed and highly glossy slip.
Deep bowl with shallow floor, steep wall and simple lip. Standing on a ring base.
Roman African red slip ware pottery is characterized by an orange color and a shiny surface.
By the third century AD, fine African red slip pottery wares became the most popular type of tableware in the Roman Empire.
Ceramic
Roman, North Africa, 375-400 AD
D. 12.1 cm (4.8 in)
H...
Ancient Roman red terracotta ware from the 2nd-3rd centuries A.D. "Terra sigillata," an offering bowl of typical rounded form, with averted rim, incised with circular lines, resting on a low ring base. This type of red terracotta ware was made throughout the Roman Empire between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D.
"Terra sigillata" is a fine type of Roman ceramic, coveted for its smooth, red slipped finish that emerged around 40 B.C...
Ancient Etruscan Villanovan Impasto Ware vessel, ca. 8th Century B.C. of Biconical body, standing on a low splayed foot.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 6 cm (2.36 inches). Diameter: 9 cm (3.54 inches)
CONDITION: In its original unclean condition with age patina, the incrustation and mineral deposits, chipped,missing handles ,otherwise intact. No repairs or restorations.
Provenance: Ex-Old Canadian collection.
POTTERY FLASK
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Nicely made in a pear-shaped body with a long cylindrical neck and a flat base
Dimensions:
Height: 15.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm
Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Authentic ancient Imperial Roman terracotta oil lamp, 1st-early 2nd century A.D. The lamp has a central discus that bears a molded head of Medusa. The filling hole is located below the discus and is surrounded by three raised encircling bands. The lamp has an elaborate long nozzle adorned with volutes and pierced with a wick-hole mouth. Additionally, the lamp has two extended side lugs on either side in the form of griffin heads and an oval ring handle at the back...
Fine bowl on a low ring base, the floor with two concentric grooves. The inside of the rim with steps along a central ridge...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#77068
POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman, Beit Natif stype, 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
width: 5 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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#711587
Roman fragment with a tabula ansata inscribed DOMIN[A] VICTOR[IA], an acclamation translatable as “Lady, victory (is yours)!”
The inscription is connected to Saint Thecla, whose upper arm and blurred hand appear below.
Saint Thecla was a companion of Saint Paul, and an important figure in the Christian imagery of Roman North Africa. She enjoyed great popularity during the Byzantine period.
Ceramic
Roman, North Africa, 350-430 AD
H. 7.1 cm (2.8 in)
W...
BIBLICAL POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Globular body with circular lines all around the entire body, a short cylindrical neck with two handles
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm
Condition: One side of the rim is professionally repaired otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#729627
Large North African red-ware fragment depicting a leaping panther with detailed head and fearsome paws.
Excellent modeling of the musculature and great coat pattern rendered with small circles.
On the other end a hound chasing a sheep or goat.
The fragment belongs to the rim of a lanx, a larger and rather rare rectangular platter. The outer edge is decorated with a beaded pattern.
For a panther from a matching mould, cf. fig. 12, p. 418 in: Annewies van den Hoek. “Executi...
RARE- CLAY OIL LAMP DEPICTING A FACE
LATE ROMAN, 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Beit Natif oil lamps:
These lamps are named after the site of Beit Natif in the southern part of the Judaea, where a workshop was found during excavations of two cisterns. They were imitated throughout the province. The lamps are usually small and some have red slip. These lamps have a bow-shaped nozzle, which has a narrow ridge around its edge. The nozzle is pinched on its sides, giving the effect of vo...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 3rd - 4th Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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#929826
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.
This particular style of pottery features a stunning red terracotta hue and w...