LOT 3446
Portugal (Kingdom). Joao V o Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) AE Coin weight for 36 Shillings (6400 Reiss). Dated 1747. London mint.
IOANNES • V • D • G PORT ET • ALG • REX, laureate head to right, KIRK beneath truncation; date below / THIRTY SIX SHILLINGS in three lines within cartouche with facing head of child at top; floral garland around. Dieu.- Pom.II/809, p. 45. Very Fine.(14.25gr, 29mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3446
Portugal (Kingdom). Joao V o Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) AE Coin weight for 36 Shillings (6400 Reiss).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Roman Glass Tessera. 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Lion standing to right, head to left / Blank. 1.67gr, 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
England. Group of Two [2] George III AE Coin Weights. 1760-1820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types including one to weigh a gold guinea of William III and a gold half sovereign weight. 12.30gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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