LOT 3646
Group of ten [10] Byzantine and Later Lead Seals c.6th-8th century AD and later.
Comprising: mixed group of lead seals and other items, including various issues and types. Fine to Good Fine.(26gr total, 10-20 mm.). [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market circa 2004.
From the private collection of a North West London gentleman.
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England. Group of Two [2] George III AE Coin Weights. 1760-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types including one to weigh a gold guinea of William III and a gold half sovereign weight. 12.30gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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. -
Portugal (Kingdom). Joao V o Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) AE Coin weight for 36 Shillings (6400 Reiss). Dated 1747. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK beneath truncation; date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines within cartouche with facing head of child at top; floral garland around. Dieu.- Pom.II/809, p. 45. 14.25gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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