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LOT 0959

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

ROMAN BRONZE STEELYARD BALANCE AND LEAD WEIGHT
4TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 - 15 in. (1.3 kg total, 13.9-38 cm).

Comprising a square-section arm with lug finial, notches to the upper face, suspension ring, counter weight lead ball, three hooks at the arm, chain with shackle and long hook. [3]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
Accompanied by two illustrated collector's identification tags.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
See The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2008.355a-d, for similar.

CONDITION
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