LOT 4158
Large Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. Condition as seen.(17.16gr, 42mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Hebron in 1971.
From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Old Babylonian Bronze Frog Weight Circa 2400-1700 B.C.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Modelled in the round with anatomical detailing, undercut between legs and stomach; feet forming a wedge-shaped panel. 24.6 grams, 22 mm
Private collection of Contessa L.J., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12898-241690. -
Roman Glass Weight. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In the form of a pouch. 11.15gr, 26 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
