LOT 3557
Viking(?) Button-Like Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Bronze button-like weight with a protruding 'turret' and crescent patterns on one side. Condition as seen.(4.91gr, 14mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Honorius and Theodosius II AE Exagium Solidi Weight. AD 395-423.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Diademed and draped facing busts of Honorius, on the left, and Theodosius II, on the right; between them above, cross / Blank. Bendall -; CPAI -; Pondera Online 4232 var. (cross above right smaller bust). 4.36gr, 15mm.
Condition as seen. Bronze weight covered with repoussé brass leaf. Very rare.
Ex D.F.G., Numismatica Monacencies, Munich, Germany. -
Babylonian Truncated Pyramidal Bronze Weight. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Weight in form of truncated pyramid with Phoenician letter on the bottom. 4.12gr, 18mm x 8mm x 5mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding or weight adjustment.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial PB Weight of 8 Drachms or Oktadrachm. 2nd century BC-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Levantine Region. Large H in relief within linear square / Blank. Cf. CPAI III, 1, 287; Pondera Online 14862. 28.11gr, 39mm.
Condition as seen. Square weight with raised and concave edges; tab broken away.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s.
