LOT 3520
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Babylonian standard. Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 var. (5 Qedet). Condition as seen.(12.44gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3520
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Roman Bronze Amulet. Circa 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Zoomorphic bronze amulet in the shape of a frog(?). 2.88gr, 20mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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. -
Byzantine Circular Glass Exagium Weight. Circa AD 510-675.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Uncertain eparch or prefect. Facing bust, holding mappa; uncertain inscription around, indicating eparch or prefect / Blank. Cf. Bendall, Weights 191 (for type); cf. CPAI 3.2, 713; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 70, 1433. 3.40gr, 23mm.
Condition as seen. Deep blue coloured round weight with golden and green iridescence.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
