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Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th Century AD.
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. -
Byzantine AE Weight of 1 Nomisma. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. -
Byzantine Square AE Glass of 1 Nomisma. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of 1 Nomisma. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of 1 Tremissis. 5th-7th century AD.
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. -
Byzantine Heart-shaped Glass Weight of 1 Gramma or Scrupulus. 4th-6th century AD.
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. -
Islamic Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
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. -
Islamic Barrel-Shaped AE Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
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. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 13th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. -
Roman Imperial PB Token. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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). -
Crusaders PB Tessera or Token. Circa 10th century or later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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. -
Minor Asia & Levant PB Tessera. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
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.