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