LOT 3523
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in the shape of a resting lion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 144. Condition as seen.(45.20gr, 40mm.).
ProvenanceEx property of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s.
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LOT 3523
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 5 Shekels.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. After 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cubical bronze weight with flat round base inscribed uncertain letters. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 120 (4 Shekel). 3.15gr, 14mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Coin Weight for the French Ecu au Soleil. 16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Coat-of-arms / Blank. Cf. LSA p.48. 2.01gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
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.
