LOT 3514
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with horseman to right on the bottom. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(5.92gr, 18mm x 9mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Babylonian standard. Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levante or Egypt Lead Token. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Seven-branched menorah on triangular base, flanked by lulav(?) on the left and shofar on the right / Blank. 8.93gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
