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LOT 4502
Islamic AE Weight. 6th-8th century AD.
Inscription in three lines / Inscription in three lines. Condition as seen.(20.30gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 30 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 63 (11.10gr); cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5018 (10.26gr; hematite). 11.44gr, 18mm x 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From a London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stone weight in shape of a dome. 11.85gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent. -
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 Apparently unpublished. 96.76gr total.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.
