LOT 4157
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos.
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 -. Condition as seen. Suspension tab.3 5/8 in. (362gr, 93mm x 70mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4157
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 5 Dirham. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fourteen-sided cubic weight with six large square facets, and eight triangle facets; one square facet with five punches. Cf. CPAI 1, 393-399 (no punches). 15.45gr, 13mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
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Lot of Two [2] Bone Weights of Minor Asia and the Levante. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bone rings with wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 4.85gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, established from the early 2000s. -
Islamic Square Bronze Weight of 12(?) Dirham. Circa 7th-13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Square weight decorated with motifs of annulets-in-circles / Blank. 41.31gr, 34mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
