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Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ʉ B inscribed / Blank. Bendall 31 var. (letters not inlaid); Pandora Online 12609. 54.45gr, 24mm x 19.5mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Circular coin weight for a solidus made from a Roman Provincial issue of Trajan (AD 98-117) from Antioch in Seleucis and Pieria: laureate head of Trajan to right / ΔHMAPX [E]Ξ [YΠ]AT [...] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC III, 3653. 4.15gr, 19mm, 6h.
Fine. Serrated edge.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Fine. Serrated edge.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Square coins weight made from a bronze coin of Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BC): [ΦΙΛΙΠΠ]ΟΥ, youth on horseback riding to right; below, Θ. Cf. HGC 3.1, 882. 3.66gr, 13.5mm x 13.5mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
A remarkable re-use of an ancient Macedonian coin type.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
A remarkable re-use of an ancient Macedonian coin type.
Engraved large N; stars in fields / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18577 & 18579. 3.18gr, 13mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Very Rare Tremissis Weight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Engraved cross within square linear border / Engraved X within square linear border. Bendall -; Pondera Online -. 1.43gr, 9.5mm x 10.5mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Engraved cross pommée / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 7457. 0.96gr, 14mm.
Condition as seen. Blue heart-shaped glass weight with engraved cross.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Condition as seen. Blue heart-shaped glass weight with engraved cross.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A flattened sphere doubly truncated in form; punched on the top and bottom with a large bird's eye pattern; the main body of the weight decorated with five rows of bird's eyes. CPAI 1, 127 (Southern Anatolia). 57.37gr, 25mm x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Found 'Ainsbrook' North-West Yorkshire, UK, circa 2005-2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Condition as seen.
Found 'Ainsbrook' North-West Yorkshire, UK, circa 2005-2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A barrel-shaped weight doubly truncated in form with multi facets; punched on the top a large bird's eye pattern and on the bottom an inscription in Arabic in four lines. CPAI 2, 329 var. (no inscription). 58.53gr, 24mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, UK, 1990s.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, UK, 1990s.
Uncertain figure standing facing, holding cross on base with right hand; εC SO ON N O in five lines to left, O εC C Π CΛ in five lines to right / NCKЄΠЄIC ЄCЄINЄΠNP IBЄNЄΛΥΧΙЄ ЄCTOCNOPT[...] ΠOCIധЄTO IBΠN in six lines. For a seal of similar style, cf. Roma e82, 1788. 51.14gr, 45mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Uncertain mint in Judaea. Central pellet surrounded by wreath with eight pellets and rays / Blank. See Y. Fahri, Note on Two Types of Lead Currency from Late Roman / Early Byzantine Palestine, Israel Numismatic Research 8, 2014, pp. 135-141. 2.73gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
According to Y. Farhi : 'It is suggested here that these two objects from Khirbet Qeiyafa, as well as the three similar objects published by Hendin, were used as currency during the fifth century CE alongside other small bronze and lead issues' (p.138).
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
According to Y. Farhi : 'It is suggested here that these two objects from Khirbet Qeiyafa, as well as the three similar objects published by Hendin, were used as currency during the fifth century CE alongside other small bronze and lead issues' (p.138).
Tree with three branches within circular rayed border / Six-rayed star within circular rayed border. 2.89gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Anchor in the form of club / Wreath containing uncertain inscription. 3.00gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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