LOT 4174
Greek Square Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd century BC -1st century AD.
Countermark with monogram within incuse circle / Blank. Condition as seen.(27.14gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Clay Bulla. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Laureate head of an emperor (Otho?) to right / Blank. 2.78gr, 23mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Draped female bust to right / Blank. 2.10gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. Second half of 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Facing nimbate and crowned busts of Justin II and Sophia (or alternatively Tiberius II with Anastasia or Maurice Tiberius with Constantina); the emperor wears chlamys, the empress wears jewelled chlamys; cross between; TOY ΘЄΙΟY ΟΙΚ' [TƔ] ΥΠΟ ΜΑΓΝΟΝ Є[ΝΔΟΞ'] ΚΟΥΡΑΤ' ΚΟ[ΜΜЄΡ]Κ' ΘΥ[ΠΟ] in four lines below / Blank, but for imprint of burlap. Translation: (Seal of) the divine house under Magnos, the glorious Kourator and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. BLS I, 130. 32.46gr, 41mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. An extremely rare and historically important seal.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
