LOT 4486
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.(80gr, 32mm x 10mm.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, 1990s.
European private collection, acquired in 2001.
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LOT 4486
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Low Countries. Flanders AE Coin Weight of Gold Postulat Gulden. Struck according to the AD 1499 decree.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Coat-of-arms with polylobe / PЄS LXXXI (81=number of coins per Troy mark) in two lines; all within ornamented border. Cf. Withers, Coin-Weights of Europe 2, p.122. 2.75gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Islamic Glass Weight or Jeton. Circa 6th-10th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Illegible inscription apparently beginning with 'In the name of God' / Blank. 7.56gr, 35mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large N Γ, cross above; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Bendall 145 (no wreath). 13.70gr, 22mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Circular coin weight with edge of three tiers.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
