LOT 3543
Roman Stone Weight with Iron Handle. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Squat stone block, oblate in profile with studs and rings to the upper face, iron handle with hooked ends. Condition as seen.(853gr, 98mm x 56mm.).
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Circa 150-149 BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. 362gr, 93mm x 70mm.
Condition as seen. Suspension tab.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Coin Weight for the French Ecu au Soleil. 16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Coat-of-arms / Blank. Cf. LSA p.48. 2.01gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Polyhedral bronze weight; tughra on one side. Cf. Kürkman 143. 30.17gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
