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LOT 3647
Group of Two [2] English Coin Weights. Time of James I and George III (17th-19th century AD).
England, James I AE Weight of 22 Shillings for a Gold Unite. I•R•BRI., crowned and cuirassed half-length bust of James I to right, holding sceptre and globus cruciger / Crowned XXII S. Dieu 104. (9.40gr).
England. George III AE Weight of Half Guinea. DWT GR 2 16, crown below / TOWER STANDARD 1771 in four lines. (3.97gr). For Guineas coined since the 31st of December 1771. Condition as seen.(13.37gr total, 18-15mm.).
From the collection of a late Gloucestershire collector; and from the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collection established from the earlier 1960s.
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Portugal (Kingdom). Joao V o Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) AE Coin weight for 36 Shillings (6400 Reiss). Dated 1747. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK beneath truncation; date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines within cartouche with facing head of child at top; floral garland around. Dieu.- Pom.II/809, p. 45. 14.25gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos.
Estimate: £140 - 180 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous Lead Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Menorah / Wreath containing monogram(?). Apparently unpublished. 1.20gr, 11mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
