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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Thrace, Lysimacheia AE Weight of 1/12 Mina. Circa 4th-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lion walking to left, breaking spear in jaws; ΔΩ below. Cf. Tekin pp. 60-3, pl. 7, figs. 49-51; for inscription, cf. CPAI 2, 045. 46.76gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen. Rare denomination.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The ΔΩ beneath the lion stands for 'twelfth' (ΔΩΔΕΚΑΤΟΝ). The stance of the lion depicted on this weight bears a striking resemblance to the reverse types depicting a lion crouching leftwards, breaking a spear held in its mouth found on the coinage of Kardia (for example, see HGC 3.2, 1477). This reverse type almost certainly provided the prototype for another hemimnaion weight bearing the ethnic for Lysimacheia (see Gorny & Mosch Auction 169, lot 448 = Tekin 15, fig. 49). The recorded weights of Lysimacheia suggest a mina of around 500g on a standard of 112/114 drachms (see Tekin, references). The weight of the present 1/12 mina corresponds to this and the presence of the lion, along with its similarity to the aforementioned example, suggest it can be tentatively attributed to Lysimacheia. -
Byzantine Octagonal AE Commercial Weight of 3(?) Unciae. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Engraved in outline façade of church with three sections each surmounted by cross and containing Λ-N-O; Γ Γ flanking; all within double border / Blank. Pondera Online -; Bendall -. 90gr, 45mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Uniface octagonal commercial weight with plain edges.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 62 (hematite stylised duck). 24.30gr, 43mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
