LOT 3427
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 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 3427
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £220 - 320 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £118
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 Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. 53.20gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Anonymous Lead Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Menorah / Wreath containing monogram(?). Apparently unpublished. 1.20gr, 11mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
