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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Roman PB Amulet. Circa 1st-4th century AD. Levantine region or Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lion standing to left, crescent above / MIXAHΛ (retrograde) in two lines. 1.43gr, 15mm x12mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension loop.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
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Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Anonymous Lead Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Menorah / Wreath containing monogram(?). Apparently unpublished. 1.20gr, 11mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
