LOT 4170
Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma. 4th-5th century AD.
Nimbate and draped imperial bust facing, (face inlaid in silver) / Blank. Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, lot 4077. Condition as seen. Very rare weight depicting an imperial bust.5/8 in. (4.15gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1992.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4170
Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 12 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Octagonal weight with plain sides. CPAI 1, 160 var. (10 Dirham). 34.09gr, 23mm x 11mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Amulet. After circa 10th century AD.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Ο Α ΘΕΟ-ΔΟΡΟC(sic), facing bust of Saint Theodore, nimbate, holding spear with right hand and sword with left / Blank. 74gr, 47mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 2 Uqiya. Circa 7th-12th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £113
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with crosses with pellets in angles within circular incuse; the square faces with additional five pellets. 62gr, 24mm.
Condtion as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
