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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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. CPAI II 356. 160gr, 32mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 30 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 63 (11.10gr); cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5018 (10.26gr; hematite). 11.44gr, 18mm x 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From a London, UK, collection, 2000s.
