LOT 4478
Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. Condition as seen.(8.82gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Two [2] George III AE Coin Weights. 1760-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various standards. 10.61gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Viking(?) AE Weight. Circa 9th century AD or later.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Shell on each corner of an uncertain square design. 31.65gr, 25mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
