Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A Late Roman Bronze Steelyard and Weight, circa 3rd/4th Century A.D.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the rod with measuring scale of square section graduated on three sides in Greek letters, and knobbed terminals, three suspension rings at one end, one with hook and chain, the Greek inscription THYRSOY ("of/belonging to Thyrsos") punched on the rod, the weight cast in the form of the draped bust of a goddess wearing an openwork crown.
Length 65 cm.
Richard Hattatt Collection (Sotheby's, London, July 10th, 1990, no. 434, illus.)
Published
Richard Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, p. II, no. 171
"The Richard Hattatt Collection," Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, November-December 1982
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