LOT 3437
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. Condition as seen.1 1/4 in. (53.20gr, 31mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1993.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3437
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Leontios, Hypatos. 7th-8th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
✠ ΘЄΟΤΟΚЄ ΒΟΗΘH in three lines / ΛЄΟNTIധ V[Π]ΑΤധ in three lines. Translation: Mother of God, help Leontios, hypatos. BZS.1958.106.962 (ΒΟΗΘЄI). 16.83gr, 23mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Ex important private collection, North London, UK, 1990s. -
Portugal (Kingdom) and Brazil. John V CU Weight of Thirty-Six Shillings or 3,600 Reis Dated 1747. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT • ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK and date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines. Dieu -; Pom II/809 p. 45. 14.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins, London, UK. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Commercial Lead Weight of 1 Mna. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £90 - 120 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Engraved BA AN in two lines; vertical Seleukid anchor in centre / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 14411 (Antiochia, 1/4 Mna). 474gr, 74mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, Austria. Private collection, Europe.
