LOT 3432
Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Uncertain design / Blank. Condition as seen.(8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3432
Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight.
Estimate £220 - 320€260 - 370 (for guidance only)$300 - 430 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Librae. Circa 5th-7th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between ᗑ Β; all within stylized wreath and floral ornaments in the corners / Blank. Bendall 51 var. (1 Libra); CPAI -; MAH 6 = Pondera 4263 var. (1 Libra). 648gr, 76mm.
Condition as seen. Exceedingly rare weight of two Librae.
Ex private collection, Ticino. -
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. -
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.
