Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

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.

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.

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.

Modelled in the round with neck and head extended, legs folded beneath the body 21.91 grams, 35.36 mm

Condition as seen.

Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection by descent, 1980s.

Modelled in the round with anatomical detailing, undercut between legs and stomach; feet forming a wedge-shaped panel. 24.6 grams, 22 mm



Private collection of Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12898-241690.

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.

Comprising a square-section body with overlapping U-shaped handles above, one side with an incised image of a seated male holding a long staff. 46.3 grams, 38 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.

Condition as seen. Suspension tab.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.