LOT 3713
Roman Imperial PB Token. 5th century AD.
Uncertain mint in Judaea. Central pellet surrounded by wreath with eight pellets and rays / Blank. See Y. Fahri, Note on Two Types of Lead Currency from Late Roman / Early Byzantine Palestine, Israel Numismatic Research 8, 2014, pp. 135-141. Condition as seen.(2.73gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesAccording to Y. Farhi : 'It is suggested here that these two objects from Khirbet Qeiyafa, as well as the three similar objects published by Hendin, were used as currency during the fifth century CE alongside other small bronze and lead issues' (p.138).
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Group of Two [2] Coin Cutouts. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various types. 3.81gr total.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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England. 'Cross and Pellets' Pb Token. 1425-1490.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London or Paris mint. Mitchiner Type Mb. IHC (retrograde) in Gothic within anti-clockwise ray border / Cross with dot in each angle; al within anti-clockwise ray border. Mitchiner & Skinner type M, 50 var. (IHC not retrograde; clockwise ray border). 0.69gr, 12mm.
Very Fine.
Found from Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, in the 1980s. Property of an Essex collector.
The 'cross and pellets' tokens differ from the other series of fifteenth-century tokens found in London by virtue of their close links with a series of French tokens. They have been found with not quite equal frequency in London and in Paris. The uniformity of design suggests centralised production control (such as by a guild) but the range of symbols - religious, merchant, brothels - suggests a wide range of users. -
Crusaders PB Tessera or Token. Circa 10th century or later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Tree with three branches within circular rayed border / Six-rayed star within circular rayed border. 2.89gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
