LOT 4485
Levant & the Near East Copper-Lead Weight of 4 Shekel. Circa 8th-5th century BC.
Cupcake-shaped weight with engraved W / Blank. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 238 (truncated pyramid). Condition as seen.(6.94gr, 15mm x 6mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Stone weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5013 (hematite). 19.60gr, 35mm x 25mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stone weight in shape of a dome. 11.85gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 58. 172gr, 53mm x 38mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
