LOT 4198
Byzantine Octagonal AE Commercial Weight of 3(?) Unciae. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
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 -. Condition as seen. Uniface octagonal commercial weight with plain edges.(90gr, 45mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4198
Byzantine Octagonal AE Commercial Weight of 3(?) Unciae.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Commercial Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Commercial weight in the form of a polyhedron with truncated ends and with its sides ornamented with 'bird's eye' patterns. Cf. Silifke 127. 57.78gr, 22mm.
Condition as seen.
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. -
Byzantine AE Commercial Weight of 1 Uncia. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Engraved in outline half-length facing imperial bust, wearing crown with pendilia and cross on top and holding globus cruciger in each hand; A-N across upper field; all within wreath / Blank. Unpublished in the standard references. 27.77gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
