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LOT 4173
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 12 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Octagonal weight with plain sides. CPAI 1, 160 var. (10 Dirham). Condition as seen.(34.09gr, 23mm x 11mm.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman-Byzantine Bronze Weight. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Uncertain design / Blank. 8.55gr, 18mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Bronze Weight or Amulet. 7th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rectangular flat-section weight with low-relief motif of a standing two-headed figure / Blank. 5.17gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London collector; acquired before 1980. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This is probably a folk amulet depicting a schematic representation of two saints. Images of paired saints at this period are limited to a known few which would suggest that the figures could be saints.
