LOT 3693
Roman Truncated Spheroid Basalt Weight of 6 Scripula. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Roman basalt weight in the shape of truncated sphere; dotted and inlaid in silver VI on one base, the other plain. Cf. Pondera Online 1083. Condition as seen.(7.16gr, 19.5mm x 11.5mm.).
ProvenanceFrom an old collection formed before WWII and believed to have been from Paestum.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 3rd-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
CЄK-H(sic)[...], draped bust to right / Blank. For similar cf. Leukel 141-142. 8.31gr, 17mm x 12mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000. -
Greek PB Weight of 1 Mina. Dated SE 230 (83/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Possibly Levantine region. ETOYΣ ΛΣ (date) ΔHMOΣIA M-NA (denomination), two crossed cornucopiae, to left, monogram / Latticework design. Unpublished in the standard references. 704gr, 96mm x 95mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Such commercial weights were produced in cities currently or formerly under Seleucid control. The inscription ΔHMOΣIA ('public'), indicates that this was used as an official market weight. -
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Roman Imperial PB Seal. Circa 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two imperial, diademed(?) and draped busts facing third imperial, facing, diademed(?) and draped bust at the centre / Blank. Cf. Leukel 123-126. 3.13gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
From an English collection formed before 2000.
