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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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 30 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 63 (11.10gr); cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5018 (10.26gr; hematite). 11.44gr, 18mm x 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From a London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
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Group of Two [2] Byzantine AE Weights. 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Various standards. 35.55gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Glass Coin Weight of 1 Nomisma. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Facing bust / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 10519. 4.33gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
