LOT 3538
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial PB Weight of 8 Drachms or Oktadrachm. 2nd century BC-2nd century AD.
Levantine Region. Large H in relief within linear square / Blank. Cf. CPAI III, 1, 287; Pondera Online 14862. Condition as seen. Square weight with raised and concave edges; tab broken away.(28.11gr, 39mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s.
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LOT 3538
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial PB Weight of 8 Drachms or Oktadrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Ottoman Polyhedral Silver Weight of 3 Dirham. After 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Polyhedral silver coin; one side with cross-like groove. 7.25gr, 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on both bases. 21.84gr, 19mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Byzantine Circular Glass Exagium Weight. Circa AD 510-675.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Uncertain eparch or prefect. Facing bust, holding mappa; uncertain inscription around, indicating eparch or prefect / Blank. Cf. Bendall, Weights 191 (for type); cf. CPAI 3.2, 713; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 70, 1433. 3.40gr, 23mm.
Condition as seen. Deep blue coloured round weight with golden and green iridescence.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
