443, Lot: 617. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. 5th-7th centuries AD. Glass 12 Siliquae weight (20mm, 2.09 g). Three facing imperial busts; cruciform monogram for ΘЄOΔOTOY (= of Theodotos) between two lower busts / Blank. Monneret de Villard p. 101, 3c; Bendall –; cf. CNG E-409, lot 964; cf. CNG E-336, lot 514 (for similar type; but with crosses flanking uppermost bust). Near VF, deep purple hue with some iridescence, some earthen deposits.