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LOT 0928
Byzantine Bronze 'Lord Help Leon the Servant' Stamp Seal
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (15.6 grams, 25 mm).
Comprising a conical body with segmented outer face and loop motifs, biconvex baluster, thick loop; retrograde legend to the underside: '+KE BO / HΘITOV / ΔΟΥΛΟ / ΛΕΟΤΑ (Lord help Leon the servant).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
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LOT 0928
Byzantine Bronze 'Lord Help Leon the Servant' Stamp Seal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £358
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Byzantine Bronze Figural Intaglio Gemstone
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
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From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. -
Byzantine Hexagonal Bronze Censer Base
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With flared and stepped rim and foot; pierced for attachment; carbonised accretion within. 194 grams, 80 mm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Byzantine AE Three(?) Unciae Weight
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
In the form of a cube engraved on five sides: ᏌΓ and M and A and X and V. 26 grams, 16 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
