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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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 161. 9.06gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Octagonal AE Coin Weight of 2 Nomismata. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Large Ṅ B engraved in outline (and inlaid in silver); all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 45. 8.83gr, 18mm.
Condition as seen. Octagonal coin weight.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
Octagonal coin weights are rarer than commercial weights of the same shape. -
Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Large dome-shaped bone ring with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 3.82gr, 27mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s.
