LOT 3554
Viking Truncated Spherical Bronze Weight. Circa 9th-11th century AD.
Truncated spherical bronze weight with engraved large X on one base and conical incuse on the other. Condition as seen.(2.20gr, 12mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. 45.53gr, 41mm x 22mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Roman Serpentine(?) Amulet. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Zoomorphic amulet in the shape of a frog. 7.88gr, 30mm x 22mm x 12mm.
Condition as seen. Pierced for holding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine Circular AE Coin Weight of 36 Grammata or Nomismata(?). Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Engraved cross between A(or Λ) S, N below; all within double wreath / Blank. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. 38.15gr, 30mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
The nearest weight standard according to the inscription would be that of 36 Nomismata (inscription as N ΛS), but according to the weight, 36 Grammata or Scrupuli (inscription as ΛS).
