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LOT 3524
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). Condition as seen.(10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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LOT 3524
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Bronze weight in the shape of a shell. 29.12gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
English Coin Weight for the AV 'Crown of the Double Rose'. From circa 1526.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Crowned rose between two crowned Rs / Blank. Cf. Withers LSA p.35. 3.19gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dome-shaped bone ring. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 5.16gr, 25mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
