LOT 3593
Roman PB Amulet. Circa 1st-4th century AD.
Levantine region or Egypt. Lion standing to left, crescent above / MIXAHΛ (retrograde) in two lines. Condition as seen. Suspension loop.(1.43gr, 15mm x12mm.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 4 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze weight in the shape of a bull's head; groove on base. Cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5009. 32,42gr, 29mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Byzantine Circular Glass Weight of One Nomisma. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Uncertain monogram / Blank. Cf. Bendall 64-65. 4.30gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen. Dark brown glass discoid weight.
Acquired in the 1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
