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LOT 4542
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Youth astride fish (or dolphin) to right, holding uncertain object / Blank. Condition as seen.(2.78gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 4542
Roman Imperial PB Seal.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Uncertain PB 'Hystera' Medallion. Circa 10th century AD. Holy Rider type.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Blundered legend around; holy rider to right, holding spear, impaling and trampling prostrate female serpentine demon below; to right, angel / 'Hystera,' against hatched cross, with eight serpents comprising four pairs of confronted serpents. Cf. H. Björklund, "Protecting Against Child-Killing Demons: Uterus Amulets in the Late Antique and Byzantine Magical World," Department of World Cultures. University of Helsinki, Finland (2017) (for discussion); cf. J. Spier, "Medieval Byzantine Amulets and their Tradition," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 56 (1993), 21, pl. 2b (for similar). 14.87gr, 42mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Bent.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. 53.20gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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Egypt Uncertain PB Tessera. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head to right / Hieroglyphic inscription. 10.60gr, 20mm, 3h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
