LOT 3586
Byzantine PB Seal of the Church of Apameia. 6th century AD.
EKΛΗCIAC in three lines within wreath / Block monogram of AΠAMEIAC. Translation: (Seal of) the church of Apameia. Unpublished in the standard references. Condition as seen. Very rare ecclesiastical seal.(8.23gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on both bases. 21.84gr, 19mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
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Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 10 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
