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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Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?). Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved cross between A(or Λ) S, N below; all within double wreath / Blank. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 38.15gr, 30mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
The nearest weight standard according to the inscription would be that of 36 Nomismata (inscription as N ΛS), but according to the weight, 36 Grammata or Scrupuli (inscription as ΛS). -
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 2 Shekel. After 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Bronze cubical weight inscribed on one side HGHYL'L and LTGTP above and below linear design. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. 16.28gr, 23mm x 12mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Bronze weight in the shape of a shell. 29.12gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
