LOT 3511
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. Condition as seen.(45.53gr, 41mm x 22mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). 10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Possibly Levante mint. Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with bird(?) flying to right on the bottom. 7.57gr, 13mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
