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 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. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 13th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain figure standing facing, holding cross on base with right hand; εC SO ON N O in five lines to left, O εC C Π CΛ in five lines to right / NCKЄΠЄIC ЄCЄINЄΠNP IBЄNЄΛΥΧΙЄ ЄCTOCNOPT[...] ΠOCIധЄTO IBΠN in six lines. For a seal of similar style, cf. Roma e82, 1788. 51.14gr, 45mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre PB Weight of Half Libra. Dated Year 12 of the Era of the Freedom of Tyre (115/114 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Club of Herakles within square motif surrounded by oval designs; [Α-ΓΟ (Agoranomos)] to upper field; [L] BI (date) to lower field / [Tanit symbol on cross-hatch background]. E&E, Poids -; Hendin 286; Pondera Online 15538 & 12864 & 11932. 100.40gr, 39mm x 37mm x 7mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop (since removed).
From the S.M. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 476, 9 September 2020, lot 297 (company's ticket included).
