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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Bronze weight in the shape of a scorpion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.166, 160. 10.06gr, 34mm x 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.165, 155. 15.42gr, 23 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 3 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail [hole filled with lead(?)]. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 26.44gr, 32mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel. Circa 2nd Millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Stone weight in shape of a seating frog, with pierced base. For a similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.151, 87 (hematite). 7.88gr, 30mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Amulet. Circa 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Zoomorphic bronze amulet in the shape of a frog(?). 2.88gr, 20mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman-Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Confronted busts, star above / Blank. Cf. Leukel, 38-50. 15.72gr, 22mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman-Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two small confronted busts; in the middle, one larger bust to left / Blank. Cf. Leukel, 185 (all busts to left). 17.12gr, 22mm x 11mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Iconographic Lead Seal in the name of Constantine, Imperial Protospatharios(?) and Epi Tou Manglaviou. 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ KЄ ROΗΘЄI TѠ [...], large cross set on base and three steps; tendrils and pellets in fields / ✠ [...]ധNC-[...]NTINധ [...]ΠΑΘΑΡ [...]ЄΠΙ ΤᏌ Μ -[...]ΓΛAR' in five lines. Translation: Lord, help [thy servant], Constantine, [Imperial Proto?]spatharios and epi tou manglaviou. DOCBS -; BLS I -; BLS II -. 5.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Cut. Unpublished in the standard references.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Facade of church shaped relic with three sections each surmounted by cross (inlaid in silver) and divided in two departments engraved with I N and decorations; all standing on four bases / Blank. Not in the standard references but cf. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 55. 45.56gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. 5.17gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London collector; acquired before 1980. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints. -
Byzantine Spherical Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-7th Century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
ɄA (A inverted) / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 23 (A not inverted). 26.46gr, 20mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Spherical Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-7th Century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ɄA (A inverted) inlaid in silver / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 23 (A not inverted). 27.44gr, 19mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.