LOT 4479
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Stone weight in shape of a cylinder. Condition as seen.(6.09gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent.
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Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. 8.82gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Byzantine Square AE Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Two half-length imperial figures holding long cross on globe between them; I S above / Blank. Apparently unpublished. 96.76gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
