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LOT 3673
Group of Sixteen [16] Coin and Other Weights. 18th-19th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. Condition as shown.(167gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bust of the Mother of God, facing, nimbate, wearing chiton and maphorion; before her, the infant Christ with nimbus; in field left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. For a seal with a similar monogram, see Laurent, Orghidan 636 ('Megas'). 6.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market circa 2004. From the private collection of a North West London gentleman. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos.
Estimate: £140 - 180 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 4.38gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
