EditorialKobe Bryant LA Lakers jacket and Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradonas football shirts among slew of memorabilia hitting auction block form host of sporting greats
EditorialSiege of Zara by the Austrians, emergency currency of four francs and 60 centimes, struck by the French on a weight of an ounce, Silver emergency currency. Front in diamond-shaped stamp: crowned eagle with lightning bolts in claws between inscriptions....
EditorialBalance Weight with Monogram, 6th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, silver inlay, 3/8 ? 1 1/8 ? 1 1/16 in., 1.9oz. (0.9 ? 2.8 ? 2.7 cm, 53g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The Greek monogram at the center of this two-ounce weight reads 'of Sergios,' probably...
EditorialBalance Weight with Monogram, 6th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, silver inlay, 3/8 ? 1 1/8 ? 1 1/16 in., 1.9oz. (0.9 ? 2.8 ? 2.7 cm, 53g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The Greek monogram at the center of this two-ounce weight reads 'of Sergios,' probably...
EditorialBanliang coin, Chinese, 3rd century BC. The Chinese inscription reads 'banliang', with 'ban' to the right of the hole and 'liang' to the left. Banliang means 'half-ounce' - the weight of the coin. These coins circulated in the powerful state of Qin dur...
EditorialThree Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, 8th?9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 1/4 ? 1 in., 1oz. (0.6 ? 2.6 cm, 27g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek initials-six ...
EditorialThree Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, 8th?9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 3/8 ? 1 1/4 in., 1.9oz. (0.9 ? 3.2 cm, 54g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek initial...
EditorialThree Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross, 8th?9th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 1/2 ? 1 15/16 in., 5.5oz. (1.2 ? 4.9 cm, 157g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, These objects are decorated with a cross and their respective weights in Greek initial...
EditorialLead Ingot with Monograms, 6th century, Byzantine, Lead, 1/4 ? 1 7/16 ? 1 7/16 in., 2.8oz. (0.7 ? 3.7 ? 3.6 cm, 80g), Metalwork-Lead, Stamped with a Greek monogram that most likely reads 'eparch of the city,' this three-ounce ingot is probably a commod...
EditorialBalance Weight with Monogram, 6th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, silver inlay, 3/8 ? 1 1/8 ? 1 1/16 in., 1.9oz. (0.9 ? 2.8 ? 2.7 cm, 53g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The Greek monogram at the center of this two-ounce weight reads 'of Sergios,' probably...
EditorialCopper-Alloy Balance Weight with Figures in an Architectural Setting, 5th?6th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 3/8 ? 1 1/4 ? 1 1/4 in., 2.8oz. (1 ? 3.1 ? 3.1 cm, 80g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Symbols and people are often depicted within an architectur...
EditorialSnow leopard or ounce, Panthera uncia (Once, Felis onca uncia). Endangered. Engraved by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith drawn from a specimen skin in the Tower of London. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Gr...
EditorialBanliang coin, Chinese, 3rd century BC. The Chinese inscription reads 'banliang', with 'ban' to the right of the hole and 'liang' to the left. Banliang means 'half-ounce' - the weight of the coin. These coins circulated in the powerful state of Qin dur...