LOT 4213
Ottoman Empire. Anonymous PB Seal. 19th century. Related to the Ottoman postal system.
Legend in Ottoman Turkish containing mintname / Legend in Ottoman Turkish. Condition as seen.(16.01gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. Second half of 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Facing nimbate and crowned busts of Justin II and Sophia (or alternatively Tiberius II with Anastasia or Maurice Tiberius with Constantina); the emperor wears chlamys, the empress wears jewelled chlamys; cross between; TOY ΘЄΙΟY ΟΙΚ' [TƔ] ΥΠΟ ΜΑΓΝΟΝ Є[ΝΔΟΞ'] ΚΟΥΡΑΤ' ΚΟ[ΜΜЄΡ]Κ' ΘΥ[ΠΟ] in four lines below / Blank, but for imprint of burlap. Translation: (Seal of) the divine house under Magnos, the glorious Kourator and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. BLS I, 130. 32.46gr, 41mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. An extremely rare and historically important seal.
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. -
Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £133
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, on the left, and Theodosius II, on the right; between them above, cross / Blank. Bendall -; CPAI -; Pondera Online 4232 var. (cross above right smaller bust). 4.36gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen. Bronze weight covered with repoussé brass leaf. Very rare.
Ex D.F.G., Numismatica Monacencies, Munich, Germany.
