LOT 3574
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD.
Possibly Levante mint. Menorah / Uncertain design. Condition as seen.(2.84gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980-1985.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. After 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Polyhedral bronze weight inscribed on one side ŠLŠT. Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches No 4, fig. 19 (same inscription on a zoomorphic weight). 9.63gr, 14mm x 1mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Medieval Bronze Folding AE Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. See Geoff Egan, 'The Medieval Household', fig. 142 and no. 1055. 6.06gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of One Nomisma. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large Ṅ A / Blank. Cf. Bendall 105. 3.22gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
