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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Anonymous Lead Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD. Possibly Levante mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Menorah / Uncertain object or monogram. 2.15gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman(?) Bronze Weight. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £106
Stag standing to right between two crossed branches / Blank. 60.59gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
