LOT 3584
Byzantine PB 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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LOT 3584
Byzantine PB Seal.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine PB Seal of the Church of Apameia. 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
EKΛΗCIAC in three lines within wreath / Block monogram of AΠAMEIAC. Translation: (Seal of) the church of Apameia. Unpublished in the standard references. 8.23gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare ecclesiastical seal.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of One Nomisma. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large Ṅ A / Blank. Cf. Bendall 105. 3.22gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). 692gr, 85mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
