LOT 3550
Byzantine Circular Glass Exagium Weight. Circa AD 510-675.
Uncertain eparch or prefect. Facing bust, holding mappa; uncertain inscription around, indicating eparch or prefect / Blank. Cf. Bendall, Weights 191 (for type); cf. CPAI 3.2, 713; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 70, 1433. Condition as seen. Deep blue coloured round weight with golden and green iridescence.(3.40gr, 23mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of One Nomisma. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large Ṅ A / Blank. Cf. Bendall 105. 3.22gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 4 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5009. 32,42gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with Phoenician letter on the bottom. 4.12gr, 18mm x 8mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
