LOT 4152
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 3 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail [hole filled with lead(?)]. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). Condition as seen.(26.44gr, 32mm.).
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 4152
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 3 Qedet.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18540; Bendall -; MAH -; Pera -. 26.80gr, 24mm x 25mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of two tiers.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bone rings with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 4.85gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, established from the early 2000s. -
Byzantine Iconographic Lead Seal in the name of Constantine, Imperial Protospatharios(?) and Epi Tou Manglaviou. 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
✠ KЄ ROΗΘЄI TѠ [...], large cross set on base and three steps; tendrils and pellets in fields / ✠ [...]ധNC-[...]NTINധ [...]ΠΑΘΑΡ [...]ЄΠΙ ΤᏌ Μ -[...]ΓΛAR' in five lines. Translation: Lord, help [thy servant], Constantine, [Imperial Proto?]spatharios and epi tou manglaviou. DOCBS -; BLS I -; BLS II -. 5.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Cut. Unpublished in the standard references.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
