LOT 3565
Anglo-Saxon Lead Weight. 9th-12th century AD.
Wheel / Blank. Condition as seen.(11.64gr, 19mm.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Confronted heads of male and female, both bare-headed / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 22.01gr, 27mm x 23mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. After 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cubical bronze weight with flat round base inscribed uncertain letters. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 120 (4 Shekel). 3.15gr, 14mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001.
