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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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 Circular AE Coin Weight of 3 Nomismata. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large N Γ, cross above; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Bendall 145 (no wreath). 13.70gr, 22mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Circular coin weight with edge of three tiers.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. -
Hardstone Weight of Uncertain Standard. 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stone weight in shape of a cylinder. 6.09gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999, thence by descent.
