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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Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
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. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 96.76gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
English AE Coin Weight for the Gold Half Ryal. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Half-length facing bust of King, holding sword and shield, in ship sailing to right, adorned with rose / Blank. Cf. Withers 203. 3.43gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
