LOT 4148
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a scorpion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.166, 160. Condition as seen.(10.06gr, 34mm x 13mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4148
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Islamic Square Bronze Weight of 8 Dirham. Circa 8th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Legend in Kufic in three lines / Blank. CPAI -; Pondera Online -. 21.94gr, 28mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic Square Bronze Weight of 12(?) Dirham. Circa 7th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Square weight decorated with motifs of annulets-in-circles / Blank. 41.31gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Byzantine Square Coin or Commercial Bronze Weight of 1 Nomisma. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Nimbate and draped imperial bust facing, (face inlaid in silver) / Blank. Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 16, lot 4077. 4.15gr, 14mm.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight depicting an imperial bust.
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
