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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Byzantine Glass Coin Weight of a Semissis(?). Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Box monogram of ΠΕΤΡധ ΑΠΟ ΕΠΑΡΧധΝ(?) / Blank. Apparently unpublished with this monogram. 2.44gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Islamic Glass Weight or Jeton. Circa 7th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Legend in three lines / Blank. 2.45gr, 21mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). 52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
