LOT 4163
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. Condition as seen.1 1/4 in. (53.20gr, 31mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1993.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4163
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bronze weight in shape of a sleeping duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat striated base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 (5 Qedet). 7.73gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel. Circa 2nd Millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Stone weight in shape of a seating frog, with pierced base. For a similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.151, 87 (hematite). 7.88gr, 30mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Medieval Lead Lion Weight or Amulet. Circa 15th-16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Plano-convex in section with lion-mask detailing to the obverse. 52.60gr, 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.
