LOT 3693
Roman Truncated Spheroid Basalt Weight of 6 Scripula. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Roman basalt weight in the shape of truncated sphere; dotted and inlaid in silver VI on one base, the other plain. Cf. Pondera Online 1083. Condition as seen.(7.16gr, 19.5mm x 11.5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom an old collection formed before WWII and believed to have been from Paestum.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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LOT 3693
Roman Truncated Spheroid Basalt Weight of 6 Scripula.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Monogram of THB / Blank. Leukel -. 19.30gr, 22mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bare-headed, bearded and draped bust to right / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 5.47gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Byzantine Circular AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all within stylised laurel wreath / Blank. Bendall 121 var. (2 Unciae); Pera 178 var. (same); Pondera Online 10558. 25.34gr, 25mm.
Condition as seen. Inlays missing.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
