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LOT 4186
Africa. Ashanti. Lot of Five [5] Brass Gold-Dust Weights. 19th century AD.
Various standards. Condition as seen.(58.41gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK;
his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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LOT 4186
Africa. Ashanti. Lot of Five [5] Brass Gold-Dust Weights.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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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-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 Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. 53.20gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
