LOT 4476
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 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. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 62 (hematite stylised duck). Condition as seen.(24.30gr, 43mm x 18mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4476
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Great Britain. Monetary AE Weight for Portuguese Coins (Dobra). Circa 1705-1750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned 'THREE POUND TWELVE' / Crowned 'THREE POUND TWELVE'. Pom II/797. 28.54gr, 28mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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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. -
Anonymous Lead Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Menorah / Wreath containing monogram(?). Apparently unpublished. 1.20gr, 11mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
