CNG 87, Lot: 2233. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) bronze bread stamps. Romano-Byzantine, 5th-6th centuries AD. 1) Irregularly shaped (“shoe-sole”) stamp with handle soldered to back, inside with mirror-reversed inscription ZOH• (“life”). Overall length: 9.1cm // 2) Rectangular stamp with handle soldered to back, inside with mirror-reversed inscription BЄPAC (“genuine”). Overall length: 9.0cm. Cleaning scratches around letters.