LOT 3591
Roman Serpentine(?) Amulet. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Zoomorphic amulet in the shape of a frog. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.(7.88gr, 30mm x 22mm x 12mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3591
Roman Serpentine(?) Amulet.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). 692gr, 85mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
![Group of Twenty Four [24] Bronze Coin Weights.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/234594-s.jpg)
Group of Twenty Four [24] Bronze Coin Weights. 15th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various types. 99gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK.
