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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Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Theodoros, Vatatzes (Batatzes). Circa 12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ KЄ BΟHΘ[...] Cധ ΔΟ[Υ]Λധ in four lines / ΘЄΟΔധ[...] Τധ(ligate) BAT[...]TZH in four lines. Translation: Lord, help your servant Theodoros, Batatzes. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 4.79gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). 10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Roman Stone Weight with Iron Handle. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Squat stone block, oblate in profile with studs and rings to the upper face, iron handle with hooked ends. 853gr, 98mm x 56mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
