LOT 4150
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.165, 155. Condition as seen.(15.42gr, 23 x 19mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4150
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Uncertain design / Blank. 8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Bronze Amulet. After circa 10th century AD.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Ο Α ΘΕΟ-ΔΟΡΟC(sic), facing bust of Saint Theodore, nimbate, holding spear with right hand and sword with left / Blank. 74gr, 47mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 2 Uqiya. Circa 7th-12th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £113
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with crosses with pellets in angles within circular incuse; the square faces with additional five pellets. 62gr, 24mm.
Condtion as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
