LOT 3583
Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Confronted heads of male and female, both bare-headed / Blank. Apparently unpublished. Condition as seen.(22.01gr, 27mm x 23mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on both bases. 21.84gr, 19mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Anglo-Saxon Lead Weight. 9th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Wheel / Blank. 11.64gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Iron Age, circa 1100-900 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bronze weight in the shape of a stylistic housefly with flat base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 170 (1/2 Qedet); cf. Μünz Zentrum Auktion XLV, Teil III, 67 (4/10 Qedet). 10.40gr, 21mm x 15mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990.
