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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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Early Byzantine PB Pilgrim's Amulet. 6th-7th century AD.
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
