LOT 4175
Roman Glass Weight. 1st-4th century AD.
In the form of a pouch. Condition as seen.(11.15gr, 26 x 19mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Group of Two [2] Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bone rings with wide holes. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.77gr total, 20-21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. -
Islamic PB Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 6th-9th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in three lines / Blank. 4.22gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 18 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC. Babylonian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5001 (hematite). 157gr, 59mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Very rare weight.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
