LOT 4169
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 4169
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Islamic Octagon AE Weight. Circa 7th-12th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Inscription in Arabic in two lines within square with triple border; all within circle with double border; ornaments in margins / Blank. Pondera Online -; CPAI -. 46.11gr, 37mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Large Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 17.16gr, 42mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Islamic PB Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 6th-9th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in three lines / Blank. 4.22gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
