LOT 4480
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Stone weight in shape of a dome. Condition as seen.(11.85gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent.
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Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between N Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 99. 13.20gr, 20mm x 4mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stone weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5013 (hematite). 19.60gr, 35mm x 25mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large N Γ, cross above; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Bendall 145 (no wreath). 13.70gr, 22mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Circular coin weight with edge of three tiers.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
