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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Uncertain design / Cruciform monogram. 17.93gr, 25mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-8th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Uncertain design / Legend. 8.46gr, 19mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Roman Terracotta Seal. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate male head (Septimius Severus?) to right; two stars before / Blank. 2.25gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Uncertain PB 'Hystera' Medallion. Circa 10th century AD. Holy Rider type.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Blundered legend around; holy rider to right, holding spear, impaling and trampling prostrate female serpentine demon below; to right, angel / 'Hystera,' against hatched cross, with eight serpents comprising four pairs of confronted serpents. Cf. H. Björklund, "Protecting Against Child-Killing Demons: Uterus Amulets in the Late Antique and Byzantine Magical World," Department of World Cultures. University of Helsinki, Finland (2017) (for discussion); cf. J. Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Amulets and their Tradition," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993), 21, pl. 2b (for similar). 14.87gr, 42mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Bent.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
