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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Medieval Bronze Folding AE Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. See Geoff Egan, 'The Medieval Household', fig. 142 and no. 1055. 6.06gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with five pellets on one side and ten pellets on the other. Cf. Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009. 20.41gr, 21mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 161. 9.06gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
