LOT 4473
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 58. Condition as seen.2 1/8 in. (172gr, 53mm x 38mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4473
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Uncertain AE Weight. 1st-2nd millenium AD.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Three standing figures / Central motif. 53.43gr, 34mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 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. -
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stone weight in shape of a cylinder. 6.09gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent.
