LOT 3448
Medieval Bronze Coin Balance with Zoomorphic Terminal. Circa 11th-12th century AD.
Tumbrel coin balance with tongue-shaped platform, dog-head finial. Condition as seen.(18gr, 62mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Essex Coin Auctions, Essex, UK.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
Cf. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450, Woodbridge, 2002, p.124ff. and cf. p.137.
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Portugal (Kingdom) and Brazil. John V CU Weight of Thirty-Six Shillings or 3,600 Reis Dated 1747. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT • ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK and date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines. Dieu -; Pom II/809 p. 45. 14.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins, London, UK. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Leontios, Hypatos. 7th-8th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
✠ ΘЄΟΤΟΚЄ ΒΟΗΘH in three lines / ΛЄΟNTIധ V[Π]ΑΤധ in three lines. Translation: Mother of God, help Leontios, hypatos. BZS.1958.106.962 (ΒΟΗΘЄI). 16.83gr, 23mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Ex important private collection, North London, UK, 1990s. -
Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Estimate: £220 - 320 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £118
Uncertain design / Blank. 8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
