LOT 3544
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.(80gr, 32mm x 10mm.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland, 1990s.
European private collection, acquired in 2001.
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LOT 3544
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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English Coin Weight for the AV Half Noble. From circa 1471.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Galley / Blank. 3.17gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, on the left, and Theodosius II, on the right; between them above, cross / Blank. Bendall -; CPAI -; Pondera Online 4232 var. (cross above right smaller bust). 4.36gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen. Bronze weight covered with repoussé brass leaf. Very rare.
Ex D.F.G., Numismatica Monacencies, Munich, Germany. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with bird(?) flying to right on the bottom. 7.57gr, 13mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
