LOT 4198
Byzantine Octagonal AE Commercial Weight of 3(?) Unciae. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline façade of church with three sections each surmounted by cross and containing Λ-N-O; Γ Γ flanking; all within double border / Blank. Pondera Online -; Bendall -. Condition as seen. Uniface octagonal commercial weight with plain edges.(90gr, 45mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4198
Byzantine Octagonal AE Commercial Weight of 3(?) Unciae.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £133
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, on the left, and Theodosius II, on the right; between them above, cross / Blank. Bendall -; CPAI -; Pondera Online 4232 var. (cross above right smaller bust). 4.36gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen. Bronze weight covered with repoussé brass leaf. Very rare.
Ex D.F.G., Numismatica Monacencies, Munich, Germany. -
Uncertain AE Weight. 1st-2nd millenium AD.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £220
Three standing figures / Central motif. 53.43gr, 34mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
