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 12 Dirham. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Octagonal weight with plain sides. CPAI 1, 160 var. (10 Dirham). 34.09gr, 23mm x 11mm.
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 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.162, 143 var. (5 Qedet). 12.44gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver large cross between Γᴑ A; all beneath arch supported by two columns / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 18540; Bendall -; MAH -; Pera -. 26.80gr, 24mm x 25mm x 6mm.
Condition as seen. Square commercial weight with edge of two tiers.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
