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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Ireland. George I AE Coin Weight. 1714-1727.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Dated 1718. ANNO REG GEORGII OVAR[TO 1718], coat-of-arms / THE STANDARD OF IRELAND, crowned harp, D G flanking; 17 : 8 below. 25.25gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fair.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Circa 150-149 BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Bronze weight in the shape of a resting lion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 144. 45.20gr, 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex property of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s.
