LOT 4170
Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma. 4th-5th century AD.
Nimbate and draped imperial bust facing, (face inlaid in silver) / Blank. Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, lot 4077. Condition as seen. Very rare weight depicting an imperial bust.5/8 in. (4.15gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1992.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 4170
Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
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Roman Bronze Amulet. Circa 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Zoomorphic bronze amulet in the shape of a frog(?). 2.88gr, 20mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 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. -
Celtic Bronze Cast Ring or Wheel Money. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Large ring with numerous knobs on outer surface. Cf. Victoor VII-4. 44.34gr, 55mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Somerset, UK, gentleman.
