LOT 3545
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?). Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved cross between A(or Λ) S, N below; all within double wreath / Blank. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. Condition as seen.(38.15gr, 30mm x 7mm.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
FootnotesThe nearest weight standard according to the inscription would be that of 36 Nomismata (inscription as N ΛS), but according to the weight, 36 Grammata or Scrupuli (inscription as ΛS).
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LOT 3545
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Condition as seen.
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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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bronze weight in the shape of a resting lamb; horizontal groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 149 (3 Shekels). 10.05gr, 30mm x 17mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
