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LOT 4199
Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline half-length facing imperial bust, wearing crown with pendilia and cross on top and holding globus cruciger in each hand; A-N across upper field; all within wreath / Blank. Unpublished in the standard references. Condition as seen. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(27.77gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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