LOT 3518
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 4 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5009. Condition as seen.(32,42gr, 29mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3518
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 4 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Large Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Double Tax Seal. Circa 14th-15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTS • CO[...]' / Lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. 33.76gr, 47mm, 2h.
Condition as seen. Conjoined roundels with folded strap.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1980s. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector. -
English Coin Weight for the AV Half Noble. From circa 1471.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Galley / Blank. 3.17gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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). 10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
