LOT 3542
Roman(?) AE Fragment of Intaglio or Weight. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Clasped hands / Γ L (?). For a similar example cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 2, lot 564. Condition as seen.(3.83gr, 19mm x 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Possibly Alexandria, Egypt. Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. 0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Edge chipped.
Acquired in the 1994. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with figure and symbol on the bottom. 5.93gr, 18mm x 10mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.
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.
