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. -
Islamic Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A flattened sphere doubly truncated in form; punched on the top and bottom with a large bird's eye pattern; the main body of the weight decorated with five rows of bird's eyes. CPAI 1, 127 (Southern Anatolia). 57.37gr, 25mm x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Found 'Ainsbrook' North-West Yorkshire, UK, circa 2005-2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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).
