LOT 3513
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with figure and symbol on the bottom. Condition as seen. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.(5.93gr, 18mm x 10mm x 6mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East Bronze Weight of Half Shekel. Iron Age, after 900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Relief of deity's head, possibly Astarte, with tall headdress; all on cubical base. For a similar weight cf. Hendin 184. 4.91gr, 10mm x 10mm x10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Octagonal AE Coin Weight of 2 Nomismata. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Large Ṅ B engraved in outline (and inlaid in silver); all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 45. 8.83gr, 18mm.
Condition as seen. Octagonal coin weight.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
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Roman Bronze Token. Circa 1st century BC-3th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Battering ram to right / Blank. 15.26gr, 32mm x 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
