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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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Late Byzantine Marble Decorative Fragment
6th-7th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £176
Architectural border fragment with carved ledge and D-section rim with carved running guilloche motifs in high relief. 1.28 kg, 17.5 cm
Assembled by family members in the mid 20th century. From a private West Sussex, UK, family collection. -
Byzantine Gold Ring with Foliate Motifs
Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £556
Comprising a flat-section hoop with a starburst motif to the base; openwork shoulders and a square bezel with a pellet to each corner, the bezel engraved with foliate motifs. 3.65 grams, 19.99 mm overall, 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s. From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card.
Some rings from the Balkan territories of the Eastern Empire (for example the ring from Dobrača) bear a square thickened bezel engraved with schematic representations. What sets them apart are the widened shoulders emphasised by a plastic rib and the raised and flattened head, which places them in the group of rings which dates mainly to the 11th century (from the end of the 10th to the first decades of the 12th century). -
Byzantine Bronze Epigraphic Seals
6th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Comprising: one with radiating legend 'ΛΩΕ' in pointillé technique; one with incised cross and legend 'ΨΟΦΡ' on the finials. 4.98 grams total, 13-14 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
