LOT 4171
Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 5th-8th century AD.
XЄ BOHΘI LEO OLIDI(sic) [Christ, help Leon(?)] in three lines / Blank. Condition as seen.(11.88gr, 14mm x 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine Spherical Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-7th Century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ɄA (A inverted) / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 23 (A not inverted). 26.46gr, 20mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel. Circa 2nd Millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Stone weight in shape of a seating frog, with pierced base. For a similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.151, 87 (hematite). 7.88gr, 30mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Facade of church shaped relic with three sections each surmounted by cross (inlaid in silver) and divided in two departments engraved with I N and decorations; all standing on four bases / Blank. Not in the standard references but cf. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 55. 45.56gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
