LOT 3589
Large Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Double Tax Seal. Circa 14th-15th century AD.
Three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTS • CO[...]' / Lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. Condition as seen. Conjoined roundels with folded strap.1 7/8 in. (33.76gr, 47mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1980s.
Property of a Chester, UK, private collector.
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Ireland. George I AE Coin Weight. 1714-1727.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated 1718. ANNO REG GEORGII OVAR[TO 1718], coat-of-arms / THE STANDARD OF IRELAND, crowned harp, D G flanking; 17 : 8 below. 25.25gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fair.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with figure and symbol on the bottom. 5.93gr, 18mm x 10mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Polyhedral bronze weight; tughra on one side. Cf. Kürkman 143. 30.17gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
