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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1490261
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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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1488714
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A large and impressive bronze bell, perhaps from a a church or monastery, Late Roman Christian, dating c. 4th century AD.

An early type of slender curving form and with a substantial loop at the top. This type is typical for the later Roman Empire and was made with variations from c. the 2nd.-3rd. cent. AD.

The bell is engraved and one side with CHI RHO...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1488652
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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
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1485277
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A nice lot of three choice condition bronze rings, two of a Roman type with high shoulders and another of the early Islamic period, c. 7th.-9th. cent. AD.

With animals carved into the bezels of the early rings.

Size: 18-20 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1483977
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$295.00
A substantial upperpart of a casket or chest lock sculptured in bronze as a leaping / attacking Lion with open jaws, Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.

Very nice antiquity with fine details and a lovely green and red patina.

Size: 6,7 cm. long weighing a solid 81 grams.

Ex. Old German Private Collection, before 1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1483712
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A substantial and attractive bronze figure of a coiled snake, Roman Imperial, 1st.-3rd. cent.

Size: 5,5 cm. in diameter and c. 4 cm. tall weighing 160 grams.

Ex. Saxony private collection, c. 1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1483711
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A nice small bronze figure of a seated Panther or Lion, Roman Imperial, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.

The piece probably from furniture perhaps a kind of a lock mecanism for a casket.

Size: 45 mm.

Ex. Saxony collection of c. 1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1482942
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$375.00
A wonderful lot of 8 fibulas, incl. two of silver, Roman to Merovingian period, c. 1st.- 6th. cent. AD.

Roman Imperial, 1st.-4th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1478476
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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
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1472827
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A very nice and very large bronze seal ring in excellent condition, Roman, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.

The ring of the typical ancient D-shape with high shoulders.

Size: The ring is 27-28 mm. wide and the ringsize is c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1470961
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$235.00
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468718
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Interesting small bronze pendant seal with a hing at the top, depicting a fine naturalistic Rabbit or Hare, Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent AD.

A rare find of a stamp seal from the roman period.

Size: 18 mm.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468714
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Interesting and unusually large decorated bronze tweezer, likely Roman but could be much older, perhaps late bronzeage European.

The tweezer measure 10,8 cm. in lenght and is solidly constructed and finely decorated with lines. Two tiny rivets in the low area. The design is most likely Roman, but the fine execution and the rivets could point to an earlier manifacture date.

Condition: Nice VF, absolutely lovely red-brown patina, but a c. 30% loss at one side.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468247
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$350.00
A very interesting and ultra rare depiction of a caesar or emperor on a Seal ring, Late Roman / Darkage, c. late 4th.-6th. cent. AD.

Enigmatic ring that would have belonged to officials with some power. The style of (pseudo) lettering around a central bust and with his raised arm depicted as well, is typical for the Late Roman depictions from the 4th. century and onwards, in this case in the later gothic style known from the coins as well, so a presumable dating would be c. 5th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468242
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$85.00
Attractive annd wearable bronze seal ring, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD:

With high shoulders, typical for the period, fine high relief image of a bird on the oval bezel.

Ring-size (inner diameter): c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468223
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$195.00
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1467697
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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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1460461
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5 ancient - mainly Roman - bronze objects, 1st.-5th. century AD.

The lot consist of 2 small bronze bells, a miniature bucket and tripod and finally a nice enamel brooch.

An interesting lot of ancient bronzes with lovely patinas.

Sizes up to 4 cm.

Ex German Private Collection.