LOT 3541
Roman Glass Token. 1st century AD.
Possibly Alexandria, Egypt. Radiate male head to right / Kerykeion between two grain ears and two poppies; L HI (date) across upper fields. Condition as seen. Edge chipped.(0.97gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3541
Roman Glass Token.
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Bronze Folding AE Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. See Geoff Egan, 'The Medieval Household', fig. 142 and no. 1055. 6.06gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Byzantine Circular Glass Exagium Weight. Circa AD 510-675.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Uncertain eparch or prefect. Facing bust, holding mappa; uncertain inscription around, indicating eparch or prefect / Blank. Cf. Bendall, Weights 191 (for type); cf. CPAI 3.2, 713; cf. Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 70, 1433. 3.40gr, 23mm.
Condition as seen. Deep blue coloured round weight with golden and green iridescence.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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.
