LOT 3526
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 2 Shekel. After 4th century BC.
Bronze cubical weight inscribed on one side HGHYL'L and LTGTP above and below linear design. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.(16.28gr, 23mm x 12mm x 9mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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LOT 3526
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 2 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with five pellets on one side and ten pellets on the other. Cf. Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009. 20.41gr, 21mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Roman Serpentine(?) Amulet. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Zoomorphic amulet in the shape of a frog. 7.88gr, 30mm x 22mm x 12mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Large dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 3.82gr, 27mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
