LOT 3701
Byzantine Square AE Glass of 1 Nomisma. 4th-6th century AD.
Square coins weight made from a bronze coin of Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BC): [ΦΙΛΙΠΠ]ΟΥ, youth on horseback riding to right; below, Θ. Cf. HGC 3.1, 882. Condition as seen.(3.66gr, 13.5mm x 13.5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom an English collection formed before 2000.
FootnotesA remarkable re-use of an ancient Macedonian coin type.
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Byzantine AE Weight of 1 Nomisma. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Circular coin weight for a solidus made from a Roman Provincial issue of Trajan (AD 98-117) from Antioch in Seleucis and Pieria: laureate head of Trajan to right / ΔHMAPX [E]Ξ [YΠ]AT [...] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC III, 3653. 4.15gr, 19mm, 6h.
Fine. Serrated edge.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18540; Bendall -; MAH -; Pera -. 26.80gr, 24mm x 25mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of two tiers.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Ten [10] Byzantine AE Weights. Circa 6th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of discoid and oblate trade weights with low-relief detailing. 39.74gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
