TIBI SOI GLORIΛ•, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across fields / IO•MOCENIGO DVX S•M•VENETI, St. Mark standing to right, holding Gospels and presenting banner to Doge kneeling to left; F-F across fields. Paolucci 3; Montenegro 230. 2.94gr, 24mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Stewart. Ex Baldwins, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IVLIVS III PONT MAX, papal coat of arms surmounted by tiara and crossed keys / S PETRVS ANCONA, Saint Peter standing facing, reading book in left hand, and holding keys in right hand; mintmaster's mark in lower left field. Muntoni 59; MIR 993/6. 2.75gr, 27mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 4.38gr, 13mm.

Near Very Fine.

Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between ᗑ Β; all within stylized wreath and floral ornaments in the corners / Blank. Bendall 51 var. (1 Libra); CPAI -; MAH 6 = Pondera 4263 var. (1 Libra). 648gr, 76mm.

Condition as seen. Exceedingly rare weight of two Librae.

Ex private collection, Ticino.

Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. 169gr, 38mm.

Condition as seen.

Acquired in 1994. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Star of David / Blank. Cf. Münz Zentrum XXXVII, Part II, lot 4246 (Half Dirham). 2.16gr, 21mm.

Condition as seen.

From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.

✠ ΘЄΟΤΟΚЄ ΒΟΗΘH in three lines / ΛЄΟNTIധ V[Π]ΑΤധ in three lines. Translation: Mother of God, help Leontios, hypatos. BZS.1958.106.962 (ΒΟΗΘЄI). 16.83gr, 23mm, 12h.

Condition as seen.

Ex important private collection, North London, UK, 1990s.

Bust of the Mother of God, facing, nimbate, wearing chiton and maphorion; before her, the infant Christ with nimbus; in field left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. For a seal with a similar monogram, see Laurent, Orghidan 636 ('Megas'). 6.04gr, 18mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market circa 2004. From the private collection of a North West London gentleman.

Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua.

IOANNES • V • D • G PORT ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK beneath truncation; date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines within cartouche with facing head of child at top; floral garland around. Dieu.- Pom.II/809, p. 45. 14.25gr, 29mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.

IOANNES • V • D • G PORT • ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK and date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines. Dieu -; Pom II/809 p. 45. 14.14gr, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex Baldwins, London, UK. Property of a London antiquarian.