LOT 4490
Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. Condition as seen.(96.76gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. 8.82gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Ottoman Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. CPAI II 362. 63.63gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
