LOT 4147
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Hare or rabbit crouching to right / Blank. Not in the standard references. Condition as seen.(4.55gr, 20mm x 11mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4147
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Nimbate and draped imperial bust facing, (face inlaid in silver) / Blank. Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, lot 4077. 4.15gr, 14mm.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight depicting an imperial bust.
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Medieval Lead Lion Weight or Amulet. Circa 15th-16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Plano-convex in section with lion-mask detailing to the obverse. 52.60gr, 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. -
Medieval Bronze Folding Bronze Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. Cf. Sheppard & Musham, Money Scales and Weights, no 320. 7.97gr, 11.5cm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
