LOT 4551
Uncertain PB 'Hystera' Medallion. Circa 10th century AD. Holy Rider type.
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). Condition as seen. Bent.(14.87gr, 42mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4551
Uncertain PB 'Hystera' Medallion.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Egypt, Uncertain PB Gnostic Tessera. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ABPA-CAΞ, star-in-crescent / IAⲰ, Abrasax facing, with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs, holding whip in his right hand and shield in his left. Leu Web Auction 12, 1009; Leu Web Auction 17, 2115-6. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Pierced.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001. -
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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.
