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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Anglo-Saxon Lead Weight. 9th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Wheel / Blank. 11.64gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Levante or Egypt Lead Token. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Seven-branched menorah on triangular base, flanked by lulav(?) on the left and shofar on the right / Blank. 8.93gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine PB Seal of the Church of Apameia. 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
EKΛΗCIAC in three lines within wreath / Block monogram of AΠAMEIAC. Translation: (Seal of) the church of Apameia. Unpublished in the standard references. 8.23gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare ecclesiastical seal.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
