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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. 4.01gr, 24mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bone ring with wide hole and old inked tag: 'Hara 19/10/71 / from Hebron'. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.24gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bone ring with wide hole and old inked tag: 'Hara 19/10/71 / from Hebron'. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.02gr, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Group of Two [2] Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bone rings with wide holes. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.77gr total, 20-21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Levant & the Near East Bronze Weight. Iron Age, after 900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Relief of standing female deity / Blank. 43.44gr, 30mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel. 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 and with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 62 (hematite stylised duck). 24.30gr, 43mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Lysimacheia AE Weight of 1/12 Mina. Circa 4th-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lion walking to left, breaking spear in jaws; ΔΩ below. Cf. Tekin pp. 60-3, pl. 7, figs. 49-51; for inscription, cf. CPAI 2, 045. 46.76gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen. Rare denomination.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The ΔΩ beneath the lion stands for 'twelfth' (ΔΩΔΕΚΑΤΟΝ). The stance of the lion depicted on this weight bears a striking resemblance to the reverse types depicting a lion crouching leftwards, breaking a spear held in its mouth found on the coinage of Kardia (for example, see HGC 3.2, 1477). This reverse type almost certainly provided the prototype for another hemimnaion weight bearing the ethnic for Lysimacheia (see Gorny & Mosch Auction 169, lot 448 = Tekin 15, fig. 49). The recorded weights of Lysimacheia suggest a mina of around 500g on a standard of 112/114 drachms (see Tekin, references). The weight of the present 1/12 mina corresponds to this and the presence of the lion, along with its similarity to the aforementioned example, suggest it can be tentatively attributed to Lysimacheia. -
Seleukid Empire, Commercial Lead Weight of 1 Mna. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Engraved BA AN in two lines; vertical Seleukid anchor in centre / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 14411 (Antiochia, 1/4 Mna). 474gr, 74mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, Austria. Private collection, Europe. -
Greek Square Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd century BC -1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Countermark with monogram within incuse circle / Blank. 27.14gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Glass Weight. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In the form of a pouch. 11.15gr, 26 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman Millefiori Glass Weight. After circa 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Yellow decorative patterns in brown glass weight. 2.84gr, 19mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.