LOT 3512
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with Phoenician letter on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(4.12gr, 18mm x 8mm x 5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Neo-Babylonian(?) Silver Weight. Circa 8th-6th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Silver weight in the shape of a duck; stylised figure engraved to base. 4.91gr, 15mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for suspension.
Ex late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on one base and conical incuse on the other. 2.20gr, 12mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ A; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 10561. 23.85gr, 22mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
