LOT 4201
Byzantine(?) Glass Coin Weight. Circa 6th century AD.
Uncertain design / Blank. Condition as seen.(1.34gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
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Large Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 17.16gr, 42mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Roman Glass Tessera. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lion standing to right, head to left / Blank. 1.67gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Spain. Ferdinand V and Isabella AE Coin Weight of Excellente. AD 1585-1620. Middelburg mint. Dies by Isaac Gz Deelen.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned busts of Ferdinand and Isabella facing one another / The Arms of Zeeland with tower above and the initials I and D to either side. 2.76gr, 15mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-53D93A.
Withers (1995, p.30-31) explains that coins of these monarchs were issued in large quantities all over Europe and the weights are often more than a century younger than the coins.
