LOT 4168
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. 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. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). Condition as seen. Very rare weight.(157gr, 59mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4168
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD. Possibly Alexandria, Egypt.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Terracotta Seal. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate male head (Septimius Severus?) to right; two stars before / Blank. 2.25gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Reclining Cat Weight. Early 1st millennium AD.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £175
Modelled in the round with neck and head extended, legs folded beneath the body 21.91 grams, 35.36 mm
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection by descent, 1980s.
