LOT 3562
Ottoman Polyhedral Silver Weight of 8 Dirham. After 17th century AD.
Polyhedral silver weight; sides decorated with floral and pelleted patterns. Condition as seen.(22.28gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ottoman Polyhedral Silver Weight of 3 Dirham. After 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Polyhedral silver coin; one side with cross-like groove. 7.25gr, 10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Bronze weight in the shape of a frog upon cylinder, standing of flat round base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 121 (bird; 4 Shekels). 14.17gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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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.
