LOT 4504
Islamic Glass Weight or Jeton. Circa 6th-10th century AD.
Illegible inscription apparently beginning with 'In the name of God' / Blank. Condition as seen.(7.56gr, 35mm x 10mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4504
Islamic Glass Weight or Jeton.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001. -
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 6th century AD or later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Engraved long cross between X Λ X and X L X, pellet above and below / Blank. 15.98gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen. Seemingly repatinated.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
