LOT 3447
Portugal (Kingdom) and Brazil. John V CU Weight of Thirty-Six Shillings or 3,600 Reis Dated 1747. London mint.
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. Very Fine.(14.14gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwins, London, UK.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3447
Portugal (Kingdom) and Brazil. John V CU Weight of Thirty-Six Shillings or 3,600 Reis
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Seleukid Empire, Commercial Lead Weight of 1 Mna. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £90 - 120 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Engraved BA AN in two lines; vertical Seleukid anchor in centre / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 14411 (Antiochia, 1/4 Mna). 474gr, 74mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, Austria. Private collection, Europe. -
Group of ten [10] Byzantine and Later Lead Seals. c.6th-8th century AD and later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: mixed group of lead seals and other items, including various issues and types. 42gr total, 13-26 mm.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market circa 2004. From the private collection of a North West London gentleman. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 12th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. 169gr, 38mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1994. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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