LOT 4162
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.(2.02gr, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Hebron in 1971.
From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
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Byzantine(?) Glass Coin Weight. Circa 6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain design / Blank. 1.34gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Reclining Cat Weight. Early 1st millennium AD.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Modelled in the round with neck and head extended, legs folded beneath the body 21.91 grams, 35.36 mm
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection by descent, 1980s. -
Spain. Ferdinand V and Isabella AE Coin Weight of Excellente. AD 1585-1620. Middelburg mint. Dies by Isaac Gz Deelen.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned busts of Ferdinand and Isabella facing one another / The Arms of Zeeland with tower above and the initials I and D to either side. 2.76gr, 15mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-53D93A.
Withers (1995, p.30-31) explains that coins of these monarchs were issued in large quantities all over Europe and the weights are often more than a century younger than the coins.
