LOT 3568
English Coin Weight for the AV Half Noble. From circa 1471.
Galley / Blank. Condition as seen.(3.17gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with five pellets on one side and ten pellets on the other. Cf. Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009. 20.41gr, 21mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 3.32gr, 30mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '3.37 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag.
