LOT 4167
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. Condition as seen.3/4 in. (5.17gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London collector; acquired before 1980.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bronze weight in shape of a sleeping duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat striated base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 (5 Qedet). 7.73gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. 31.21gr, 26mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
