LOT 4508
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. CPAI II 356. Condition as seen.(160gr, 32mm.).
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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Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. 8.82gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Late Roman or Early Byzantine Glass Weight or Jeton. 4th-6th century AD. Egypt or Levante region.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Seven-branched menorah with base / Blank. 1.22gr, 18mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). 52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.
Condition as seen.
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
