LOT 4200
Byzantine Circular Bronze Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. Circa 6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and partially inlaid in silver) Γo Β, cross above; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 121. Condition as seen.(54.61gr, 33mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4200
Byzantine Circular Bronze Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Commercial Lead Weight of 1 Mna. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Engraved BA AN in two lines; vertical Seleukid anchor in centre / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 14411 (Antiochia, 1/4 Mna). 474gr, 74mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, Austria. Private collection, Europe. -
Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
