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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Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Confronted heads of male and female, both bare-headed / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 22.01gr, 27mm x 23mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Large Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Double Tax Seal. Circa 14th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTS • CO[...]' / Lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. 33.76gr, 47mm, 2h.
Condition as seen. Conjoined roundels with folded strap.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1980s. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector.
