LOT 4181
Medieval Bronze Folding Bronze Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
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. Condition as seen.5/8 in. (7.97gr, 11.5cm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureSee Egan, G., The Medieval Household, fig.142 and no.1055.
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 5 Dirham. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets; one square facet with five punches. Cf. CPAI 1, 393-399 (no punches). 15.45gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in the shape of a bird or duck. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.168, 173 (1/2 qedet). 2.85gr, 19mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
