LOT 3555
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. 9th-11th century AD.
Truncated spherical bronze weight with five pellets on one side and ten pellets on the other. Cf. Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009. Condition as seen.(20.41gr, 21mm x 10mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Levante or Egypt Lead Token. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Seven-branched menorah on triangular base, flanked by lulav(?) on the left and shofar on the right / Blank. 8.93gr, 19mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Cubical Bronze Weight of 1/3 Shekel. After 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cubical bronze weight with flat round base inscribed uncertain letters. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 120 (4 Shekel). 3.15gr, 14mm x 9mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990. -
Anonymous PB Tessera. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Possibly Levante mint. Menorah / Uncertain design. 2.84gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980-1985. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
