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Ottoman Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. CPAI II 362. 63.63gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
English AE Coin Weight for the Gold Half Ryal. 15th century AD.
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Half-length facing bust of King, holding sword and shield, in ship sailing to right, adorned with rose / Blank. Cf. Withers 203. 3.43gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Great Britain. Monetary AE Weight for Portuguese Coins (Dobra). Circa 1705-1750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned 'THREE POUND TWELVE' / Crowned 'THREE POUND TWELVE'. Pom II/797. 28.54gr, 28mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Low Countries. Flanders AE Coin Weight of Gold Postulat Gulden. Struck according to the AD 1499 decree.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Coat-of-arms with polylobe / PЄS LXXXI (81=number of coins per Troy mark) in two lines; all within ornamented border. Cf. Withers, Coin-Weights of Europe 2, p.122. 2.75gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Roman PB Amulet. Circa 1st-4th century AD. Levantine region or Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lion standing to left, crescent above / MIXAHΛ (retrograde) in two lines. 1.43gr, 15mm x12mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Confronted heads of male and female, both bare-headed / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 22.01gr, 27mm x 23mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Charioteer driving triga to right / Blank. 7.14gr, 22mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Anonymous Lead Seal. 4th-5th century AD. Levante or Egypt mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Menorah, Etrog(?) to right / Blank. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 2.66gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Roman-Byzantine PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Female draped bust to right / Blank. Cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 32, lot 2832 (with inscription). 8.08gr, 22mm x 18mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Great Britain. George II, Duke of Cumberland and Battle of Culloden AR Medal. Dated 1746. Royal (Tower) mint. Commemorative issue of Forty-five Rebellion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Designs by Richard Yeo. GULIELMUS • GEOR • II • R • FIL • DUX • CUMBRIÆ •, armoured bust of the Duke of Cumberland to right / PERDVELLIB • EX • ANG • FVGAT AD • CULLOD • DEBELLAT 16 • APR • 1746 •, Cumberland, as Hercules, assisting Britannia and trampling on representation of discord. Eimer 604; MI II GII 278. 52.17gr, 50mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.