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Antiquities - Byzantine
716 BYZANTINE BRONZE BREAD STAMP GROUP 5th-8th century AD A mixed group of cast bread stamps comprising: a rectangle with chevrons to the sides, three chevrons inside; a pair of shoes, four letters inside; a heart, omega inside, loop to rear; a disc, three letters inside; a crescent, two chevrons inside. 116 grams total, 29-47 mm (1 - 1 ¾"). Fine condition. [5] £300 - 400 EUR 360 - 470 USD 460 - 610 Property of a European gentleman living in London; acquired in the UK before 1980.
717 BYZANTINE BRONZE BREAD STAMP GROUP 5th-8th century AD
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A mixed group of cast bread stamps comprising: one D-shaped, three letters inside; one discoid, loop to the reverse, anchor and two letters inside; one discoid, omega inside; one bird-shaped, two letters inside; one an openwork palmette. 116 grams total, 30-48 mm (1 ¼ - 2"). Fine condition. [5] £300 - 400 EUR 360 - 470 USD 460 - 610 Property of a European gentleman living in London; acquired in the UK before 1980.
718 z BYZANTINE BRONZE TRADE WEIGHT GROUP 5th-10th century AD A mixed group of trade weights comprising: three barrel-shaped; one small biconical; one polyhedral with ring-and-dot to each face; one discoid with recessed faces, Greek letters and cross to one face; five square in plan, three with incised Greek letter to one face. 260 grams total, 13-26 mm (½ - 1"). Fine condition. [11] £150 - 250 EUR 180 - 300 USD 230 - 380
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Property of a European gentleman living in London; acquired in the UK before 1980.
719 BYZANTINE LEAD MIRROR GROUP 7th-10th century AD A group of two cast hand-held mirrors with concentric circles and hatching to the reverse. 90 grams total, 98-103 mm (3 ¾"). Fair condition. [2, No Reserve] £100 - 150 EUR 120 - 180 USD 150 - 230 Private collection formed in the 1990s.
720 z BYZANTINE IRON KEY GROUP 6th-12th century AD A mixed group of iron keys, three with integral ring and wards at rightangles, two with free-running suspension rings. 462 grams total, 4.5-15 cm (1 ¾ - 5 ¾"). Fair condition. [5, No Reserve] £200 - 300 EUR 240 - 360 USD 310 - 460 Property of a European gentleman living in London; acquired in the UK before 1980.
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