Details
LOT 4490
Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. Condition as seen.(96.76gr total.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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