LOT 3546
Byzantine Circular Glass Weight of One Nomisma. 6th-7th century AD.
Uncertain monogram / Blank. Cf. Bendall 64-65. Condition as seen. Dark brown glass discoid weight.(4.30gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?). Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved cross between A(or Λ) S, N below; all within double wreath / Blank. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 38.15gr, 30mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
The nearest weight standard according to the inscription would be that of 36 Nomismata (inscription as N ΛS), but according to the weight, 36 Grammata or Scrupuli (inscription as ΛS). -
Byzantine PB Seal. Circa 5th-8th century AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
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. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Truncated spherical bronze weight with three pellets within beaded border on each base. 23.11gr, 19mm x 13mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
