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LOT 4184
Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante. Circa 750-300 BC.
Bone rings with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. Condition as seen.(4.85gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, established from the early 2000s.
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LOT 4184
Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.165, 155. 15.42gr, 23 x 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 2 Uqiya. Circa 7th-12th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £113
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with crosses with pellets in angles within circular incuse; the square faces with additional five pellets. 62gr, 24mm.
Condtion as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Medieval Bronze Folding Bronze Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. Cf. Sheppard & Musham, Money Scales and Weights, no 320. 7.97gr, 11.5cm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
