367, Lot: 660. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Venezia (Venice). 17th century. PB Theriac box seal (37mm, 21.72 g). Produced by the Alla testa d’oro pharmacopia of Venice. TERIACA·F·ALLA·TESTA·DORO·IN·VENEZIA·, laureate and draped right; to right, small winged lion / Blank. Cf. U. Klein. “Von Paradies zu Paradies: Theriak und Theriak-Kapseln,” SM 218 (June 2005), 38-41, figs. 3, 9, 11. Fine.