LOT 4197
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 4197
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Three imperial busts / Blank. 5.36gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Uncertain AE Weight. 1st-2nd millenium AD.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £220
Three standing figures / Central motif. 53.43gr, 34mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Spain. Ferdinand V and Isabella AE Coin Weight of Excellente. AD 1585-1620. Middelburg mint. Dies by Isaac Gz Deelen.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned busts of Ferdinand and Isabella facing one another / The Arms of Zeeland with tower above and the initials I and D to either side. 2.76gr, 15mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-53D93A.
Withers (1995, p.30-31) explains that coins of these monarchs were issued in large quantities all over Europe and the weights are often more than a century younger than the coins.
