LOT 3707
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 13th-15th century AD.
Uncertain figure standing facing, holding cross on base with right hand; εC SO ON N O in five lines to left, O εC C Π CΛ in five lines to right / NCKЄΠЄIC ЄCЄINЄΠNP IBЄNЄΛΥΧΙЄ ЄCTOCNOPT[...] ΠOCIധЄTO IBΠN in six lines. For a seal of similar style, cf. Roma e82, 1788. Condition as seen.(51.14gr, 45mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Anonymous Lead Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 4.38gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Byzantine AE Weight of 1 Nomisma. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Circular coin weight for a solidus made from a Roman Provincial issue of Trajan (AD 98-117) from Antioch in Seleucis and Pieria: laureate head of Trajan to right / ΔHMAPX [E]Ξ [YΠ]AT [...] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC III, 3653. 4.15gr, 19mm, 6h.
Fine. Serrated edge.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Glass of 1 Nomisma. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Square coins weight made from a bronze coin of Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BC): [ΦΙΛΙΠΠ]ΟΥ, youth on horseback riding to right; below, Θ. Cf. HGC 3.1, 882. 3.66gr, 13.5mm x 13.5mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
A remarkable re-use of an ancient Macedonian coin type.
