LOT 4160
Roman-Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Two small confronted busts; in the middle, one larger bust to left / Blank. Cf. Leukel, 185 (all busts to left). Condition as seen.1 in. (17.12gr, 22mm x 11mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a private collector; acquired before 1975.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bronze weight in shape of a sleeping duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat striated base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 143 (5 Qedet). 7.73gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s. -
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. 46.11gr, 57mm x 19mm.
Condition as seen. With ring for holding or weight adjustment.
Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Islamic Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirham. Circa 12th-15th century AD.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Fourteen-sided cubic weight, the sides decorated with pointillé border to each face; the square faces with cruciform pointillé infill. Cf. CPAI 1, 359. 169gr, 38mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1994. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
