LOT 4156
Roman Bronze Amulet. Circa 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Zoomorphic bronze amulet in the shape of a frog(?). Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.(2.88gr, 20mm x 15mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. 31.21gr, 26mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 5 Dirham. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets; one square facet with five punches. Cf. CPAI 1, 393-399 (no punches). 15.45gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Amulet. After circa 10th century AD.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Ο Α ΘΕΟ-ΔΟΡΟC(sic), facing bust of Saint Theodore, nimbate, holding spear with right hand and sword with left / Blank. 74gr, 47mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
