LOT 3558
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Truncated spherical bronze weight with three pellets within beaded border on each base. Condition as seen.(23.11gr, 19mm x 13mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). 692gr, 85mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
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Medieval Bronze Folding AE Coin Balance. 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A small folding scales beam balance for weighing coins and similar low weight items; the T-shaped centre section for holding the balance while in use, with two hinged arms ending in rings to receive scale pans on cords. See Geoff Egan, 'The Medieval Household', fig. 142 and no. 1055. 6.06gr, 37mm.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Judaea PB Seal. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Menorah on tripod base flanked by lulav(?) and shovel(?) to the left and shofar to the right / Falcon or eagle, with spread wings, grasping in talons serpent to right. For similar cf. Gorny & Mosch 212, 3338 & TimeLine Auctions 161, 2693. 3.63gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, assembled in the 1970s–1980s. European private collection, acquired in 1998.
