LOT 3589
Large Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Double Tax Seal. Circa 14th-15th century AD.
Three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTS • CO[...]' / Lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. Condition as seen. Conjoined roundels with folded strap.1 7/8 in. (33.76gr, 47mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1980s.
Property of a Chester, UK, private collector.
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Polyhedral bronze weight; tughra on one side. Cf. Kürkman 143. 30.17gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Circa 150-149 BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). 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. -
Roman PB Amulet. Circa 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Levantine region or Egypt. Lion standing to left, crescent above / MIXAHΛ (retrograde) in two lines. 1.43gr, 15mm x12mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
