LOT 4203
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. Second half of 6th century AD.
Facing nimbate and crowned busts of Justin II and Sophia (or alternatively Tiberius II with Anastasia or Maurice Tiberius with Constantina); the emperor wears chlamys, the empress wears jewelled chlamys; cross between; TOY ΘЄΙΟY ΟΙΚ' [TƔ] ΥΠΟ ΜΑΓΝΟΝ Є[ΝΔΟΞ'] ΚΟΥΡΑΤ' ΚΟ[ΜΜЄΡ]Κ' ΘΥ[ΠΟ] in four lines below / Blank, but for imprint of burlap. Translation: (Seal of) the divine house under Magnos, the glorious Kourator and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. BLS I, 130. Condition as seen. An extremely rare and historically important seal.(32.46gr, 41mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4203
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Engraved in outline half-length facing imperial bust, wearing crown with pendilia and cross on top and holding globus cruciger in each hand; A-N across upper field; all within wreath / Blank. Unpublished in the standard references. 27.77gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bone ring with wide hole and old inked tag: 'Hara 19/10/71 / from Hebron'. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.02gr, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
