LOT 3595
Byzantine AE Amulet. After circa 10th century AD.
Ο Α ΘΕΟ-ΔΟΡΟC(sic), facing bust of Saint Theodore, nimbate, holding spear with right hand and sword with left / Blank. Condition as seen.(74gr, 47mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3595
Byzantine AE Amulet.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Circa 150-149 BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Large Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Double Tax Seal. Circa 14th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTS • CO[...]' / Lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. 33.76gr, 47mm, 2h.
Condition as seen. Conjoined roundels with folded strap.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1980s. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector. -
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Possibly Levante mint. 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.
