LOT 4149
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a bird or duck. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.168, 173 (1/2 qedet). Condition as seen.(2.85gr, 19mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4149
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. 31.21gr, 26mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, 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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel. Circa 2nd Millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Stone weight in shape of a seating frog, with pierced base. For a similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.151, 87 (hematite). 7.88gr, 30mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
