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LOT 3487
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Byzantine Circular Glass Tremissis Weight Circa 6th century AD.
Cruciform monogram of ΘΕΟΔΟΡΟΥ or ΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΥ between two imperial facing busts; above, nimbate bust of Christ facing / blank. 1.61 grams, 20 mm
PROVENANCE:
Collected from 1970-1999;
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Bendall, Weights -; cf. Monneret de Villard p. 101, 3c; cf. Schlumberger Gustave, Poids de verre étalons monétiformes d'origine byzantine 42; cf. Entwistle/Meek, Early Byzantine Glass Weights, p. 10, fig. 11h.
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