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...

An Islamic seal in a terrific quality and extra large size, probably Persian, c. 17th.-18th. cent. AD or earlier!

Engraved with finely caligraphy, round seal base with a tall domed handle, pierced at the top.

Size: 43 mm. in diameter and 40 mm tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, lovely redish patina.

Ex. Baldwins Auctions 2005...

A nice thick key for a strong-box or treasury chest, c. mid 16th. century.

The key with a large, enforced bit with elaborately carved slots. The stem and the bow of the typical late Gothic design. With much old copper from a coppering in the time of use.

The decoration of Gothic iron locks and keys was often elaborate and of the highest standard of workmanship...

Greek protome with nicely rendered late archaic features. The female head is showing small almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose and lips drawn into a slight archaic smile. She wears a stephane and a veil.
Probably from Sicily, following an Eastern Greek model.
Published with Cahn Auktionen AG, Auktion 2, 21. September 2007, lot no. 351a.
Terracotta
Western Greek, Archaic Period, around 500 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
W. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
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Lapis lazuli eye of Horus amulet c. 900 - 600 B.C

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

A lovely and scarce Italian closed combat helmet, with eye slits a come or ridge and a hinge at the side; it also have a produding iron guard that could also function as sunscreen, c. 1580-1610.

"Savoyard" helmets are a distinctive form of late Italian close-helmet worn by cuirassiers, the heavy cavalry outfitted with plate armor worn only to the knee and armed with pistols and swords...

Extremely rare cloak pin cast in silver, Ancient Near East, 'Luristani', ca. 1200 to 800 BC...

An exquisite ancient Roman marble head of Aphrodite, C. 1st - 2nd Century AD

Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right. The long thick waving hear centrally-parted falling in tresses. Shapely lips and small rounded chin. Her heavy-lidded articulated eyes set beneath a defined brow...

Ancient egyptian Shabti of Pa-scheri-en-Ptah, born by Nes-Mut 12,6 cm.

Inscription of the hiroglyphs with glass paste.

Third Intermediate Period, 21th/22th Dynasty.

Material faience.

The shabti is made from faience and has a mummie shaped body with visible hands, the left hand holding a hoe, the right hand a plow and a bag over his shoulder. The figure stands on a base plate and leaning against a back pillar...

Here's 4 nice pendant in Carnelian and glass, 1st. millenium BC - 100 AD.

Note the nice pair of glass birds with iridescence and also the carnelian floral bead.

Size: 1,6 cm. max.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980s.

TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WARRIOR WEARING A HELMET
Roman Imperial, 1st Century AD

A charming hollow terracotta figure of a warrior wearing a helmet.

Measurements:
Height: 20 cm
Width: 8 cm

Condition: Good condition with beautiful natural patina

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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# 6978

A fine silver ancient Islamic belt buckle from the earliest fase in the Islamic domination of the world, 7th.-9th. century AD.

A beautiful and perfectly intact belt buckle completely covered in black patina and in solid silver. Fine ornamentation.

Size: ca. 6 cm. long.

Condition: Superb! A partidularly fine specimen with completely black patina.

Ex. Ib Olsen Collection

Late Corinthian plate with nice polychrome painting, dating to 5th - 4th century BC.

Very attractive dish that was made with two holes in the rim for hanging it.

Size: 16,9 cm.

Condition: Nice VF, one fragment reattached and restored nicely.

Ex. pre-2nd. world war Bavarian collection.

An extralarge bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate floral design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal depicting a flower with petals in the openwork style...

Tentosorkon – Tnt-sArknA Worker (2)

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Tjentosorkon, Tjentsarken, Tentserken, Tentsarkena, Tentosorkon

The name means ‘The (female) servant of Osorkon

Mistress of house, Chantress of Amen-Re, the king of the gods

Tentosorkon (That of Sorkon), a name of Libyan origin which appeared around the 21st dynasty in the Delta, and was popularised in the 22nd dynasty w...

BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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Heavy bracelet decorated with a tiger head at each tip. Bronze, with partly encrusted green patina. Bactria, ca. 6th century B.C. maybe earlier. Inside diameter: around 9.5 cm. Very good condition.

A finely patinated bronze intaglio with the depiction of a winged lion or beast, Mesopotamia, probably Achaemenid, c. 1st. mill. BC.

Fine style and attractive.

Size: 17 x 16 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine.

Comes with imprint and COA.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specia...