LOT 3549
Byzantine Octagonal AE Coin Weight of 2 Nomismata. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Large Ṅ B engraved in outline (and inlaid in silver); all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 45. Condition as seen. Octagonal coin weight.(8.83gr, 18mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
FootnotesOctagonal coin weights are rarer than commercial weights of the same shape.
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Byzantine Octagonal AE Coin Weight of 2 Nomismata. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Large Ṅ B engraved in outline (and inlaid in silver); all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 45. 8.83gr, 18mm.
Condition as seen. Octagonal coin weight.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
Octagonal coin weights are rarer than commercial weights of the same shape. -
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Byzantine Monogrammatic PB Seal in the name of Sisinnios, Eparchos. Circa AD 600-650.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Monogram of CICINNIOY within wreath / Block monogram of ΕΠΑΡΧω(sic). Translation: (Seal of) Sisinnios, Eparchos. Cf. Schulten Frühjahr 1990, 1106. 8.06gr, 16mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Menorah on tripod base flanked by lulav(?) and shovel(?) to the left and shofar to the right / Falcon or eagle, with spread wings, grasping in talons serpent to right. For similar cf. Gorny & Mosch 212, 3338 & TimeLine Auctions 161, 2693. 3.63gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, assembled in the 1970s–1980s. European private collection, acquired in 1998.
