LOT 4167
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. Condition as seen.3/4 in. (5.17gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London collector; acquired before 1980.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints.
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Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 5th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
XЄ BOHΘI LEO OLIDI(sic) [Christ, help Leon(?)] in three lines / Blank. 11.88gr, 14mm x 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. 31.21gr, 26mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 100 Dirham. Circa 17th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets. Cf. Pondera Online 11385. 304gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
