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LOT 4146
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. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.2 1/4 in. (46.11gr, 57mm x 19mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Uncertain design / Blank. 8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.
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. -
Islamic Glass Jeton. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Legend in two lines at centre and in margins / Blank. 6.06gr, 28mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Hampshire, UK, gentleman, established from the 1960s.
