LOT 4180
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 2 Uqiya. Circa 7th-12th century.
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with crosses with pellets in angles within circular incuse; the square faces with additional five pellets. Condtion as seen.(62gr, 24mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. 31.21gr, 26mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s -
Medieval Bronze Folding Bronze Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. Cf. Sheppard & Musham, Money Scales and Weights, no 320. 7.97gr, 11.5cm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 5 Dirham. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets; one square facet with five punches. Cf. CPAI 1, 393-399 (no punches). 15.45gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
