LOT 4516
Anonymous Lead Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. Near Very Fine.(4.38gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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LOT 4516
Anonymous Lead Seal.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stone weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5013 (hematite). 19.60gr, 35mm x 25mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, on the left, and Theodosius II, on the right; between them above, cross / Blank. Bendall -; CPAI -; Pondera Online 4232 var. (cross above right smaller bust). 4.36gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen. Bronze weight covered with repoussé brass leaf. Very rare.
Ex D.F.G., Numismatica Monacencies, Munich, Germany. -
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between N Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 99. 13.20gr, 20mm x 4mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
