418, Lot: 617. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BYZANTINE or EARLY MEDIEVAL, Commercial Weights. Circa 8th century or later. Æ Weight (35x34x18mm, 180.10 g). Voided Latin cross with engraved central pellet; seventeen additional engraved pellets around; all within circular border; floral design in each outer corner / Blank. Pair of parallel engraved lines around edge. Bendall,
Weights –; Geneva –; CPAI –. Good VF, green and brown patina. Cross and border inlaid with niello.