LOT 4495
Byzantine(?) Circular AE Weight. Circa 7th-9th century AD.
Facing bust / Blank. Condition as seen. Circular weight with edge of three tiers.(7.86gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
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Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 96.76gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. 8.82gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). 52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
