336, Lot: 514. Estimate $150. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZANTINE. 5th-7th centuries AD. Glass 19 Siliquae weight (24mm, 3.52 g). Three facing imperial busts; crosses flanking uppermost bust, cruciform monogram for ΘЄOΔOTOY (= of Theodotos) between two lower busts / Blank. Monneret de Villard p. 101, 3c; Bendall –. Near VF, deep purple hue with iridescence, roughness.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.