LOT 4475
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 30 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
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). Condition as seen.(11.44gr, 18mm x 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Anonymous Lead Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Levante or Egypt mint. Menorah on base, lulav(?) to left / A[...]. For a similar issue cf. CNG, E-245, 530. 4.38gr, 13mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 3 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 67. 80gr, 32mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of three tiers.
Private collection, Switzerland, 1990s. European private collection, acquired in 2001. -
Byzantine Square AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 5th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between N Γ; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Bendall 99. 13.20gr, 20mm x 4mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
