LOT 3694
Byzantine Square AE Weight of 3 Unciae or 1/4 Libra. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Long silver inlaid cross between silver inlaid Γ Γ / Blank. Bendall -; Rochesnard, p.57; Pondera Online 16369. Condition as seen.(78.07gr, 33mm x 32mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Cupcake-Shaped AE Weight of 4 Shekels. Iron Age, circa 1000-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Black cupcake-shaped weight with engraved large X on the base. For similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights p.170, 182. 42.72gr, 24mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, UK, 1990s. -
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 13th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain figure standing facing, holding cross on base with right hand; εC SO ON N O in five lines to left, O εC C Π CΛ in five lines to right / NCKЄΠЄIC ЄCЄINЄΠNP IBЄNЄΛΥΧΙЄ ЄCTOCNOPT[...] ΠOCIധЄTO IBΠN in six lines. For a seal of similar style, cf. Roma e82, 1788. 51.14gr, 45mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Three-Shekel Weight of 9.48gr. Circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £299
Sphendonoid weight with flat base and incised band to the equator. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights p.138, 13. 28.45gr, 31mm x 19.5mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
