LOT 4474
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Stone weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5013 (hematite). Condition as seen.(19.60gr, 35mm x 25mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4474
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Stone Weight of 60 Giru.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Islamic AE Weight. 6th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Inscription in three lines / Inscription in three lines. 20.30gr, 25mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Roman-Byzantine PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Female draped bust to right / Blank. Cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 32, lot 2832 (with inscription). 8.08gr, 22mm x 18mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
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Byzantine Square AR Weight. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Half-length busts of two imperial figures holding long cross between them; pellet to upper corners; all within double square border / Blank. 11.01gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
