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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Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with bird(?) flying to right on the bottom. 7.57gr, 13mm x 10mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Menorah on tripod base flanked by lulav(?) and shovel(?) to the left and shofar to the right / Falcon or eagle, with spread wings, grasping in talons serpent to right. For similar cf. Gorny & Mosch 212, 3338 & TimeLine Auctions 161, 2693. 3.63gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, assembled in the 1970s–1980s. European private collection, acquired in 1998. -
Antwerp AE Coin Weight of a Hungarian Ducat. 16th-17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Saint Ladislaus standing facing, holding halberd with left hand and globus cruciger with right; [H] D flanking / Hand of Antwerp above star; K I flanking. 2.38gr, 14mm, 5h.
Fair.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
