LOT 4155
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel. Circa 2nd Millennium BC.
Stone weight in shape of a seating frog, with pierced base. For a similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.151, 87 (hematite). Condition as seen.(7.88gr, 30mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4155
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 1 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Bronze weight in the shape of a scorpion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.166, 160. 10.06gr, 34mm x 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
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 Unpublished in the standard references.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. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 12 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Octagonal weight with plain sides. CPAI 1, 160 var. (10 Dirham). 34.09gr, 23mm x 11mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
