LOT 4492
Byzantine(?) Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 6th century AD or later.
Engraved long cross between X Λ X and X L X, pellet above and below / Blank. Condition as seen. Seemingly repatinated.(15.98gr, 21mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine Square AR Weight. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Half-length busts of two imperial figures holding long cross between them; pellet to upper corners; all within double square border / Blank. 11.01gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 58. 172gr, 53mm x 38mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 96.76gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
