LOT 3686
Judaea. Cupcake-Shaped AE Weight of 4 Shekels. Iron Age, circa 1000-500 BC.
Black cupcake-shaped weight with engraved large X on the base. For similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights p.170, 182. Condition as seen.(42.72gr, 24mm x 18mm.).
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, UK, 1990s.
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Byzantine Heart-shaped Glass Weight of 1 Gramma or Scrupulus. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Engraved cross pommée / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 7457. 0.96gr, 14mm.
Condition as seen. Blue heart-shaped glass weight with engraved cross.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Islamic Polyhedral AE Weight of 20 Dirhams or 2 Uqiya. Circa 10th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A flattened sphere doubly truncated in form; punched on the top and bottom with a large bird's eye pattern; the main body of the weight decorated with five rows of bird's eyes. CPAI 1, 127 (Southern Anatolia). 57.37gr, 25mm x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Found 'Ainsbrook' North-West Yorkshire, UK, circa 2005-2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Phoenicia, Tyre PB Weight of Half Libra. Dated Year 12 of the Era of the Freedom of Tyre (115/114 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Club of Herakles within square motif surrounded by oval designs; [Α-ΓΟ (Agoranomos)] to upper field; [L] BI (date) to lower field / [Tanit symbol on cross-hatch background]. E&E, Poids -; Hendin 286; Pondera Online 15538 & 12864 & 11932. 100.40gr, 39mm x 37mm x 7mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop (since removed).
From the S.M. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 476, 9 September 2020, lot 297 (company's ticket included).
