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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Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Draped female bust to right / Blank. 2.10gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £126
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
