LOT 3439
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 12th-15th century AD.
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. Condition as seen.1 1/2 in. (169gr, 38mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1994.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Group of Sixteen [16] Coin and Other Weights. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 167gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Librae. Circa 5th-7th centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between ᗑ Β; all within stylized wreath and floral ornaments in the corners / Blank. Bendall 51 var. (1 Libra); CPAI -; MAH 6 = Pondera 4263 var. (1 Libra). 648gr, 76mm.
Condition as seen. Exceedingly rare weight of two Librae.
Ex private collection, Ticino. -
Portugal (Kingdom). Joao V o Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) AE Coin weight for 36 Shillings (6400 Reiss). Dated 1747. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK beneath truncation; date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines within cartouche with facing head of child at top; floral garland around. Dieu.- Pom.II/809, p. 45. 14.25gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
