LOT 3546
Byzantine Circular Glass Weight of One Nomisma. 6th-7th century AD.
Uncertain monogram / Blank. Cf. Bendall 64-65. Condition as seen. Dark brown glass discoid weight.(4.30gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Viking Polyhedral Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Polyhedral bronze weight with 'bird's eye' patterns and a large groove on the sides. 4.67gr, 12mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). 10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
