LOT 4477
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a resting ram. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 147 (3 Shekel). Condition as seen.(7.46gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4477
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 1 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Anonymous Lead Seal. 4th-5th century AD. Levante or Egypt mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Menorah, Etrog(?) to right / Blank. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 2.66gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Phoenicia, Tyre. Commercial Lead Weight of Half Libra. Circa 115-114 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Club within egg-and-dart frame; uncertain symbol to left / Blank. Wollf and Finkielsztejn Fig 2.; Pondera Online 12864 (this weight). 110gr, 38mm x 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Online Auction 270, 12 March 2020, lot 2682 (part of). Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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.
