LOT 3583
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Confronted heads of male and female, both bare-headed / Blank. Apparently unpublished. Condition as seen.(22.01gr, 27mm x 23mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Byzantine PB Seal of the Church of Apameia. 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
EKΛΗCIAC in three lines within wreath / Block monogram of AΠAMEIAC. Translation: (Seal of) the church of Apameia. Unpublished in the standard references. 8.23gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare ecclesiastical seal.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Bronze weight in the shape of a frog upon cylinder, standing of flat round base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 121 (bird; 4 Shekels). 14.17gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
