LOT 4491
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). Condition as seen.(52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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. -
Low Countries. Flanders AE Coin Weight of Gold Postulat Gulden. Struck according to the AD 1499 decree.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Coat-of-arms with polylobe / PЄS LXXXI (81=number of coins per Troy mark) in two lines; all within ornamented border. Cf. Withers, Coin-Weights of Europe 2, p.122. 2.75gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Islamic AE Weight. 6th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription in three lines / Inscription in three lines. 20.30gr, 25mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
