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Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Large dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 3.82gr, 27mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.47gr, 19mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.47 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Ottoman(?) Cylindrical Lead Weight of 5 Dirhams. Possibly after 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Cylindrical lead weight inscribed on one base. 14.22gr, 13mm x 11mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Bronze weight in the shape of a shell. 29.12gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levante or Egypt Lead Token. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Seven-branched menorah on triangular base, flanked by lulav(?) on the left and shofar on the right / Blank. 8.93gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial PB Weight of 8 Drachms or Oktadrachm. 2nd century BC-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Levantine Region. Large H in relief within linear square / Blank. Cf. CPAI III, 1, 287; Pondera Online 14862. 28.11gr, 39mm.
Condition as seen. Square weight with raised and concave edges; tab broken away.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s. -
Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). 692gr, 85mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman(?) AE Fragment of Intaglio or Weight. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Clasped hands / Γ L (?). For a similar example cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 2, lot 564. 3.83gr, 19mm x 13mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Stone Weight with Iron Handle. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Squat stone block, oblate in profile with studs and rings to the upper face, iron handle with hooked ends. 853gr, 98mm x 56mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?). Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved cross between A(or Λ) S, N below; all within double wreath / Blank. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 38.15gr, 30mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
The nearest weight standard according to the inscription would be that of 36 Nomismata (inscription as N ΛS), but according to the weight, 36 Grammata or Scrupuli (inscription as ΛS). -
Byzantine Circular Glass Weight of One Nomisma. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Uncertain monogram / Blank. Cf. Bendall 64-65. 4.30gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen. Dark brown glass discoid weight.
Acquired in the 1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ A; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 10561. 23.85gr, 22mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.