LOT 4226
Roman PB Token. After 1st century AD.
Uncertain design / Bird flighting to right. Condition as seen.(31.21gr, 26mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s
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Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ B; all within wreath / Blank. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 71. 53.20gr, 31mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1993. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 100 Dirham. Circa 17th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets. Cf. Pondera Online 11385. 304gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Bronze weight in the shape of a scorpion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.166, 160. 10.06gr, 34mm x 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex S collection, London, UK, deceased; formed 1970s-1990s.
