LOT 3516
Neo-Babylonian(?) Silver Weight. Circa 8th-6th century BC.
Silver weight in the shape of a duck; stylised figure engraved to base. Condition as seen. Pierced for suspension.(4.91gr, 15mm x 9mm.).
ProvenanceEx late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s.
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Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with five pellets on one side and ten pellets on the other. Cf. Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009. 20.41gr, 21mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Charioteer driving triga to right / Blank. 7.14gr, 22mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Possibly Levante mint. Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
