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Judaea, Tortoise AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Iron Age II (1200-586 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Land tortoise with segmented shell. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale Weight 185 (Shekel of 14.12gr). 16.56gr, 25mm x 20mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dome-shaped bone ring with grooved linear circle on one side and wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.41gr, 30mm x 4mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed '2.41 gms 1/2 MITKAL'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.93gr, 23mm x 4.5mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.93 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 3.11gr, 25mm x 7.5mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Greek PB Weight of 1 Mina. Dated SE 230 (83/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Possibly Levantine region. ETOYΣ ΛΣ (date) ΔHMOΣIA M-NA (denomination), two crossed cornucopiae, to left, monogram / Latticework design. Unpublished in the standard references. 704gr, 96mm x 95mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Such commercial weights were produced in cities currently or formerly under Seleucid control. The inscription ΔHMOΣIA ('public'), indicates that this was used as an official market weight. -
Phoenicia, Tyre PB Weight of Half Libra. Dated Year 12 of the Era of the Freedom of Tyre (115/114 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Club of Herakles within square motif surrounded by oval designs; [Α-ΓΟ (Agoranomos)] to upper field; [L] BI (date) to lower field / [Tanit symbol on cross-hatch background]. E&E, Poids -; Hendin 286; Pondera Online 15538 & 12864 & 11932. 100.40gr, 39mm x 37mm x 7mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop (since removed).
From the S.M. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 476, 9 September 2020, lot 297 (company's ticket included). -
Roman Truncated Spheroid Basalt Weight of 6 Scripula. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Roman basalt weight in the shape of truncated sphere; dotted and inlaid in silver VI on one base, the other plain. Cf. Pondera Online 1083. 7.16gr, 19.5mm x 11.5mm.
Condition as seen.
From an old collection formed before WWII and believed to have been from Paestum. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of 3 Unciae or 1/4 Libra. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Long silver inlaid cross between silver inlaid Γ Γ / Blank. Bendall -; Rochesnard, p.57; Pondera Online 16369. 78.07gr, 33mm x 32mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Circular AE Weight of 11 Nomismata or 2 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Facade of church on base with steps, with two pillars and pediment surmounted by three crosses, Γ Ν Γ across fields; all engraved in outline / Blank. Pondera Online -; Bendall -; Pera -. 48.52gr, 38mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Circular weight with double-grooved edges.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18540; Bendall -; MAH -; Pera -. 26.80gr, 24mm x 25mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of two tiers.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Circular AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all within stylised laurel wreath / Blank. Bendall 121 var. (2 Unciae); Pera 178 var. (same); Pondera Online 10558. 25.34gr, 25mm.
Condition as seen. Inlays missing.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Ʉ B inscribed / Blank. Bendall 31 var. (letters not inlaid); Pandora Online 12609. 48.71gr, 22.5mm x 18.5mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.