LOT 3517
Phoenician Bronze Weight of Half Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Truncated snake-head or teardrop weight with flat bases. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 104 (hematite; one Shekel) and 107 (2/3 Shekel). Condition as seen.(4.50gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Charioteer driving triga to right / Blank. 7.14gr, 22mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Levant & the Near East Bronze Weight of Half Shekel. Iron Age, after 900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Relief of deity's head, possibly Astarte, with tall headdress; all on cubical base. For a similar weight cf. Hendin 184. 4.91gr, 10mm x 10mm x10mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
