LOT 3550
Byzantine Circular Glass Exagium Weight. Circa AD 510-675.
Uncertain eparch or prefect. Facing bust, holding mappa; uncertain inscription around, indicating eparch or prefect / Blank. Cf. Bendall, Weights 191 (for type); cf. CPAI 3.2, 713; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 70, 1433. Condition as seen. Deep blue coloured round weight with golden and green iridescence.(3.40gr, 23mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Early Byzantine PB Pilgrim's Amulet. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Nimbate saint on horseback to left, holding cruciform sceptre / Pillar-saint St. Symeon (Stylites) orans atop a large central column, flanked by two angels flying in; reliquary(?) to right and small figure going to climb ladder on left. Cf. L. Wamser: Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas östliches Erbe, 310; for tokens with similar iconography see G. Vikan, Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, fig. 22, 24, 25, 29-30. 2.42gr, 19mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Pierced; suspension loop missing.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of One Nomisma. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large Ṅ A / Blank. Cf. Bendall 105. 3.22gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
