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LOT 4519
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Menorah / Uncertain design. Condition as seen.(2.84gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980-1985.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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 Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.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. -
Islamic PB Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 6th-9th century AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Inscription in three lines / Blank. 4.22gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Glass Coin Weight of a Semissis(?). Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cruciform monogram of ΑΔΕΟΥ(?) / Blank. Bendall -; cf. Pondera 9303 (1.44gr). 1.91gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen. Yellow glass discoid weight.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
