986:
MEGALODON TOOTH Miocene to Pleistocene, from 13.6 to 4.2 million years ago. Tooth of Carcharocles megalodon. Dimensions: 102 x 89 mm. Part of the mandibular impression is missing, othe[...]
987:
FLINT CHOPPER Inferior and Middle Paleolithic, c. 2 million - 30000 years ago. Large chopper chipped on the wider side. Dimensions: 85 x 75 mm. Among the oldest objects produced by man[...]
988:
FLINT SCRAPER Middle Paleolithic to Musterian, c. 300000-30000 BC. Well preserved flint scraper. Dimensions: 62.5 x 44 mm. Intact and complete. [...]
989:
STONE HAND AXE Probably Neolithic period, c. 40000 - 10000 years ago. Hand flint axe, with the two long sides marked and a rounded tip. Dimensions: 115 x 38 mm. [...]
990:
STONE GRINDER Probably Neolithic period, c. 40000 - 10000 years ago. Quadrangular stone grinder, with one side worn from use. Dimensions: 112 x 75 x 40 mm. [...]
991:
NATIVE AMERICAN STONE AXE American Archaic period, c. 9000-2700 years ago. Large stone axe with groove around the midsection. Dimensions: 175 x 119 x 57 mm. Intact and complete. Large [...]
992:
PREHISTORIC ARROWHEADS Neolithic period, c. 10000-2000 BC Lot of fifteen (15) prehistoric arrowheads of various shapes. Dimensions: from 28 to 18 mm. [...]
993:
NATIVE AMERICAN ARROWHEADS American prehistory, c. 13500-1000 BC. Lot of six (6) flint Native American arrowheads. Various shapes. Dimensions: from 77 to 35 mm. [...]
994:
COSMETIC STONE MORTAR Neolithic Age, c. 8000 - 2500 BC. Small stone mortar with rounded bottom, slightly curved profile and small basin. Dimensions: 41.5 x 48 mm. Rare and fascinating [...]
995:
LAPIS LAZULI SEAL Ancient Near East, c. 2nd millennium BC (?). Lapis lazuli seal engraved with an animal frieze; felines. Through hole composed of two holes that meet in the center. Dimensions: 18 x[...]
996:
FAIENCE USHABTI Egyptian culture, New Kingdom, c. 1550 - 1070 BC Egyptian ushabti in blue faience, with two hoes in its crossed arms. On the back there is a bag painted. Dimensions: 99 x 40 mm. [...]
997:
BRONZE AGE SPEARHEAD Late Bronze Age, c. 12th - 8th century BC. Bronze spearhead with conical cannon handle. Unusual engraved herringbone decoration and punched circles. In the terminal part of the [...]
998:
BRONZE 'PASSAREDINI' OR MACE HEAD Italic culture, c. 6th to 4th century BC. Masculine ring forged from leaded bronze. The circular accessory features a relatively smooth interior surface as well as [...]
999:
FOUR POTTERY WEIGHTS Greek World, c. 6th - 2nd century BC. Lot of four (4) pottery frame weights; three biconical and one tubular in shape. Dimensions: from 46 to 36 mm. Intact and com[...]
1000:
TEN ANCIENT WEIGHTS Central Europe, 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD. Lot of ten (10) ancient weights, of different shapes and weights, three in bronze and seven made of lead. Weights: from 446[...]
1001:
CYPRIOTIC VEILED WOMAN HEADS Greek Cyprus, c. 4th century BC. Lot of two terracotta heads, forming part of goddess statuettes, originally seated on a throne. Sizes: 49x30x34 mm and 36x18x25 mm. [...]
1002:
MAGNA GRECIAN TERRACOTTA APPLIQUE Magna Graecia, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Terracotta applique made from matrix, depicting a berded head, probably a theatrical mask, with a wide open mouth and complex [...]
1003:
MAGNA GRECIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS Magna Graecia, c. 4th-2nd century BC. Lot of two (2) female terracotta heads, one worked in the round, the other resting on a clipeus. The first has roughly sketched f[...]
1004:
LEAD BEARDED HEAD Greek World, c. 4th - 2nd century BC. Bearded lead male head, part of a larger object, of which it retains the tang through which it was attached. Dimensions: 46.5 x 25 mm. [...]
1005:
ANCIENT GLASS EARRING South East Asia, Vietnam or Cambodia, c. 3rd - 1st century BC. Light blue glass earring, with thicker body and thin ends. Dimensions: 23 x 21.5 mm. Rare, intact a[...]
1006:
BRONZE TOY (?) Greek world or Roman period, c. 3rd century BC - 3rd century AD. Curious crescent-shaped object with a stylized human figure in the centre, joined by the arms to the support, so that [...]
1007:
DOUBLE FORK IMPLEMENT Greek world or Roman period, c. 3rd century BC - 3rd century AD. Bronze object composed of a long stem with two fork tines at each end. Dimensions: 200 x 11 mm. C[...]
1008:
ROMAN BRONZE HERM Roman period, c. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD. Small Roman bronze herm probably depicting Zeus. The details of the head and genital organs are rendered, while the chest, arms an[...]
1009:
AUGUSTAN CAPRICORN BEZEL Roman Augustan period, after 31 BC - 14 AD. Bronze ring bezel with engraving of a Capricorn on the left, surmounted by a cornucopia and with a rostrum below. Dimensions: 16.[...]
1010:
GLASS TOKEN Roman period (?), c. 1st century AD. Curious token obtained by pouring glass onto a refractory material on which the obverse of a denarius of Tiberius had been imprinted. Diameter: 18.5 [...]
1011:
MINERVA BRONZE STATUETTE Roman period, c. 1st - 2nd century AD. Bronze statuette of Minerva standing facing, leaning on spear (?) with a coiled snake and a shield at its end. Height: 35 mm. [...]
1013:
MEDUSA BRONZE PHALERA Roman period, c. 1st - 3rd century AD. Roman bronze phalera depicting, in relief, the head of a medusa with long locks of hair/snakes, surmounted by two wings. The representati[...]
1014:
ROMAN BRONZE TRIPOD Roman period, c. 2nd-3rd century AD. Roman bronze tripod resting on three lion paws and composed of a high circular bronze band decorated with vertical strips. The plates surmoun[...]
1015:
ROMAN BRONZE RAM HEAD Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Cast bronze ram head from the Roman era, with engraved details of the horns. Dimensions: 45.5 x 29.0 mm. Weight: 91.26. Int[...]
1016:
ROMAN PHALLIC APPLIQUE Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Bronze square shaped phallic applique. Dimensions: 20 x 19 mm. Intact and complete, with enchanting red and green patina. [...]
1017:
BRONZE RING WITH ZEUS SERAPIS Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Roman bronze finger ring in the shape of a bust of Zeus Serapis. Dimensions: 28 x 23 mm. Inner-size: 16 mm. Rare a[...]
1018:
ROMAN SILVER ENGAGEMENT RING Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Silver engagement ring, composed of a quadripartite circular band, joined by a plate depicting two clasped hands. Inner size: 18 m[...]
1019:
ROMAN BRONZE KEY-RING Roman Period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Bronze key-ring. Dimensions: 31 x 28 mm. Inner size: 17 mm. AE. Intact and complete, in great conditions. [...]
1020:
ROMAN SURGICAL SPATULA Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Bronze surgical spatula with long handle and small concave head. Decorated with engraved lines. Lenght: 69 mm. Lovely deep[...]
1021:
ROMAN BONE UTENSILS Roman period, 1st - 4th century AD. Lot of 2 bone utensils: spoon and spindle. Dimensions: 32 and 17 mm. Minor missings. [...]
1022:
SMALL BRONZE ROD Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. (?) Bronze rod with a round section stem, with a bird on the top (perhaps a dove) and a flat point towards the top, probably suitable for the [...]
1024:
'GROMA' AMPHORA WEIGHT Roman period, 1st - 4th century AD. Weight in the shape of amphora with suspension loop. Dimensions: 35 x 18 mm. Weight: 34.57 g. Minor damage at the hole. In t[...]
1025:
'GROMA' HEAD WEIGHT Roman period, 1st - 4th century AD. Weight in the shape of a janiform head with suspension loop. Dimensions: 33 x 14 mm. Weight: 22.45 g. Intact and complete. [...]
1026:
BRONZE OPENWORK FIBULA Roman period, c. 2nd - 4th century AD. Roman bronze fibula configured in a openwork hexahedron. Diameter: 29 mm. Rare and fascinating. Missing pin. [...]
1027:
GNOSTIC ROMAN PLAQUE Roman period, c. 3rd - 4th century AD. Lead plaque with the name of the demon Abraxas inscribed: ABPA / CAS. Dimensions: 21 x 17 mm. 5.26 g. [...]
1028:
GNOSTIC ROMAN PLAQUE Roman period, c. 3rd - 4th century AD. Lead plaque with on one side: IAⲰ. Abrasax facing, with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs, holding a whip in his right hand and [...]
1029:
EARLY CHRISTIAN RING Roman period, c. 4th - 5th century AD Bronze ring with oval engraved beazel with the abbreviated christian inscription 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' (IHS), under a cross and above a lin[...]
1030:
LATE ANTIQUE BRONZE TESSERA Roman period, 5th century AD. Game tessera obtained by cutting a bronze coin minted by Arcadius Dimensions: 11x10 mm. Weight: 1.11 g. Intriguing and rare re[...]
1031:
BRONZE SASANIAN RING Ancient Near East, c. 2nd - 7th century AD. Weareable bronze sasanian ring with animal engraved on the bezel. Inner size: 20 mm. Intact and complete. [...]
1032:
BRONZE FURNITURE FOOT Ancient Near East, c. 1st - 8th century AD. (?) Bronze furniture foot shaped like a highly stylized zoomorphic figure. Dimensions: 68 x 21 mm. Interesting and cur[...]
1033:
PRE COLUMBIAN GOLD NOSE RING Perù, Moche Culture (?), c. 2nd - 8th century AD. Pre-Columbian nose ring, made of thin gold foil in the shape of a crescent moon. Dimensions: 43 x 38 mm. Weight: 2.16 [...]
1035:
BYZANTINE INSCRIBED RING Byzantine, c. 7th - 8th century AD. Byzantine bronze ring with Greek inscription on three lines, framed by two pairs of vertical engraved lines. Inner size: 20 x 17 mm. [...]
1036:
BRONZE ARAB-BYZANTINE ITEM Byzantine, c. 5th - 10th century AD. Arab-Byzantine oil lamp filler or cosmetic mortar with hemispherical body, deep rounded bowl with three feet, from which extends a lon[...]
1037:
BRONZE ARAB-BYZANTINE ITEM Byzantine, c. 5th - 10th century AD. Arab-Byzantine oil lamp filler or cosmetic mortar with hemispherical body, deep rounded bowl with flat bottom, from which extends a lo[...]
1038:
INSCRIBED FRAGMENT Byzantine (?), c. 6th - 10th century AD. Fragment of a bronze document bearing an inscription engraved in six lines on one side, while the other is flat. [-] A . TAV OMEI OME M .[...]
1039:
THREE ANCIENT RINGS Medieval period, c. 5th to 12th century AD. Lot of three medieval bronze rings with engraved geometric decorations. Inner sizes: 17, 17.5, 20 mm. One with nice gla[...]
1040:
ENKOLPION RELIQUARY CROSS Byzantine, c. 10th - 12th century AD. Byzantine bronze reliquary cross valve. Very schematic engraved and relief decoration, with a togated figure in relief (Virgin Mary?) [...]
1041:
THREE ANCIENT BROOCHES Early Medieval period, c. 8th - 14th century AD. Lot of 3 (three) bronze belt terminals. Various dimensions. Missings. [...]
1042:
BRONZE ENGRAVED RING Medieval period, c. 11th - 15th century AD. Bronze ring decorated with engraving, on the bezel a stylized plant is represented, perhaps a palm tree, within a quadrangular frame.[...]
1043:
PRE COLUMBIAN CEREMONIAL KNIFE Perù, Chimù Culture, c. 1100 - 1470 AD. Pre columbian bronze 'tumi' (ceremonial knife) with a crescent-shaped blade, long rod-shaped handle decorated with a zig-zag [...]
1044:
TAIRONA GOLD NOSE RING Colombia, Tairona culture, c. 10th - 17th century AD. Tairona culture nose ring in gold. Dimensions: 25.5 x 13.5 mm. Weight: 1.17 g. Sold as is, no return. [...]
1045:
TWELVE ANTIQUE BUTTONS France Republic and Italy, late 19th cent. Lot of twelve (12) bronze buttons; eleven of the Republique Francaise and one of the Artiglieria Ligure. Various dimensions. [...]
1046:
FIVE OLD ARROWS Africa and USA, c. 19th to 20th century AD. Lot of five (5) iron arrows; three African and two of the American Indians. Lenghts: from 160 to 83 mm. Minor damages. [...]