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LOT 4488
Byzantine Square AR Weight. 6th-7th century AD.
Half-length busts of two imperial figures holding long cross between them; pellet to upper corners; all within double square border / Blank. Condition as seen.(11.01gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001. -
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. -
Islamic Glass Weight or Jeton. Circa 7th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Legend in three lines / Blank. 2.45gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.
