LOT 4210
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Commercial Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
Commercial weight in the form of a polyhedron with truncated ends and with its sides ornamented with 'bird's eye' patterns. Cf. Silifke 127. Condition as seen.(57.78gr, 22mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4210
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Commercial Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Engraved in outline half-length facing imperial bust, wearing crown with pendilia and cross on top and holding globus cruciger in each hand; A-N across upper field; all within wreath / Blank. Unpublished in the standard references. 27.77gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ottoman Empire. Anonymous PB Seal. 19th century. Related to the Ottoman postal system.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in Ottoman Turkish containing mintname / Legend in Ottoman Turkish. 16.01gr, 22mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
