LOT 4491
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). Condition as seen.(52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Ottoman Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. CPAI II 362. 63.63gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Two [2] CU Coin Weights. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various standards. 9.90gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
