LOT 3535
Ottoman(?) Cylindrical Lead Weight of 5 Dirhams. Possibly after 15th century AD.
Cylindrical lead weight inscribed on one base. Condition as seen.(14.22gr, 13mm x 11mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
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Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. After 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cubical bronze weight with flat round base inscribed uncertain letters. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 120 (4 Shekel). 3.15gr, 14mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 1.47gr, 19mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed 'Hord 19/10/71 from Hebron' and '1.47 gms'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
English Coin Weight for the AV 'Crown of the Double Rose'. From circa 1526.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Crowned rose between two crowned Rs / Blank. Cf. Withers LSA p.35. 3.19gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
