LOT 3646
Group of ten [10] Byzantine and Later Lead Seals c.6th-8th century AD and later.
Comprising: mixed group of lead seals and other items, including various issues and types. Fine to Good Fine.(26gr total, 10-20 mm.). [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market circa 2004.
From the private collection of a North West London gentleman.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Estimate: £220 - 320 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £118
Uncertain design / Blank. 8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Coin and Other Weights. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 167gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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