LOT 4161
Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Bone ring with wide hole and old inked tag: 'Hara 19/10/71 / from Hebron'. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. Condition as seen.(1.24gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Hebron in 1971.
From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 62 (hematite stylised duck). 24.30gr, 43mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Glass Weight. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In the form of a pouch. 11.15gr, 26 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Islamic Octagon AE Weight. Circa 7th-12th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Inscription in Arabic in two lines within square with triple border; all within circle with double border; ornaments in margins / Blank. Pondera Online -; CPAI -. 46.11gr, 37mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
