LOT 4213
Ottoman Empire. Anonymous PB Seal. 19th century. Related to the Ottoman postal system.
Legend in Ottoman Turkish containing mintname / Legend in Ottoman Turkish. Condition as seen.(16.01gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Seven [7] AE Weights. Circa 15th century BC-7th century AD.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Various standards. 38.5gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Spain. Ferdinand V and Isabella AE Coin Weight of Excellente. AD 1585-1620. Middelburg mint. Dies by Isaac Gz Deelen.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned busts of Ferdinand and Isabella facing one another / The Arms of Zeeland with tower above and the initials I and D to either side. 2.76gr, 15mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-53D93A.
Withers (1995, p.30-31) explains that coins of these monarchs were issued in large quantities all over Europe and the weights are often more than a century younger than the coins. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
