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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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. -
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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. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Bronze weight in the shape of a resting lion. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 144. 45.20gr, 40mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex property of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s.
