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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Levant & the Near East Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 1 Qedet. After 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Polyhedral bronze weight inscribed on one side ŠLŠT. Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches No 4, fig. 19 (same inscription on a zoomorphic weight). 9.63gr, 14mm x 1mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 1 1/2 (?) Qedet. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Babylonian standard. Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 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. -
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.
