LOT 4207
Byzantine Bronze 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 4207
Byzantine Bronze Amulet.
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Reclining Cat Weight. Early 1st millennium AD.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Modelled in the round with neck and head extended, legs folded beneath the body 21.91 grams, 35.36 mm
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection by descent, 1980s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Commercial Lead Weight of 1 Mna. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Engraved BA AN in two lines; vertical Seleukid anchor in centre / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 14411 (Antiochia, 1/4 Mna). 474gr, 74mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, Austria. Private collection, Europe.
