LOT 4493
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 5th-7th century AD.
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between N Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 99. Condition as seen.(13.20gr, 20mm x 4mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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English AE Coin Weight for the Gold Half Ryal. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Half-length facing bust of King, holding sword and shield, in ship sailing to right, adorned with rose / Blank. Cf. Withers 203. 3.43gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stone weight in shape of a cylinder. 6.09gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent. -
Phoenicia, Tyre. Commercial Lead Weight of Half Libra. Circa 115-114 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Club within egg-and-dart frame; uncertain symbol to left / Blank. Wollf and Finkielsztejn Fig 2.; Pondera Online 12864 (this weight). 110gr, 38mm x 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 270, 12 March 2020, lot 2682 (part of). Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
