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Click here to subscribe302-303 AD. Trier mint. Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C legend with laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: MONETA S AVGG ET CAESS NN legend with Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, S-F across fields; mintmark IITR in exergue. RIC VI Trier 558b variant (mintmark, listed only with ITR); Sear -. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 9.30 grams. Almost as struck. Very rare; apparently unpublished with this mintmark.
300-301 AD. Trier mint. Obv: IMP MAXIMIANVS PF AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: M SACRA AVGG ET CAESS NN legend with Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, star in right field; mintmark ATR in exergue. RIC VI Trier 462b variant (bust type); Cohen 421 variant (ditto); Sear 13285 variant (ditto"). See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 9.33 grams. Extremely fine. Extremely rare; unpublished bust type for this issue.
1st-3rd century AD. A silver ring in the form of a snake, body coiled round to form the ring; large head with details of the eyes, nostrils and scales; details of the scales along the body. 7 grams, 21.71mm overall, 18.79mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19, Japanese 18) (3/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Very fine condition.
300-65 million years BP. A mixed group of fossils including: two shark vertebrae; a Hybodus shark dorsal spine; a Ceratodus sp. (extinct lungfish) tooth plate, a garfish scale; a fish spine; seven miscellaneous fish scales. 89 grams total, 1-12cm (1/4 - 3 3/4"). From the collection of the paleontologist R Gledhill; collected between 1930 and 1960. [13, No Reserve] Fine condition.
82 BC. Northern Italian or Spanish military mint. Obv: C ANNI TF TN PRO COS EX SC legend with diademed and draped bust of Anna Perenna right, winged caduceus behind, scales under chin, control letter E beneath neck. Rev: L FABI L F HISP legend beneath Victory driving galloping quadriga right, control letter Q above. Crawford 366/1c; Syd 748b; Annia 2; Sear 289. 4.17 grams. [No Reserve] Good very fine.
Early 20th century AD. A museum quality replica of a 'heart' scarab (original in the Louvre Museum, Paris) with ridged suspension loop, as placed within the bandages of a mummy; in black composition, the underside bearing nine rows of hieroglyphic text from chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead (known as the Chaper of the Heart"). 55 grams, 61 mm (2 1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; formerly in an old Bavarian collection. Chapter 30B of The Book of the Dead calls upon the heart of the deceased that when it comes to be weighed against the Feather of Truth (the goddess Maat) in the Hall of Judgement before the god of the dead, Osiris (the weighing is represented as the vignette to Chapter 125 of the Book of the Dead), it must weigh equal with the feather. The prayer inscribed calls upon the heart, Oh heart of my Mother...' that thou shalt not speak up against me in the Hall of Judgement, i.e. the heart on the scales saying that the deceased is lying, he was not a good and truthful person. In the vignette the ibis-headed god Thoth, god of learning and writing, writes down the result - one of the best known representations of the weighing of the heart scene is that from the Book of the Dead of the royal scribe Ani, in the British Museum. Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as a salmon(?) with broad, gently curved lozengiform body, small lateral fins, chevron tail, D-shaped head with large discoid eye; the body with five rows of crescent punchmarks denoting scales; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 616. 3.89 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a European collector; acquired Europe, 1980s-1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Various Scales Related Paperwork And Books including facsimile catalogues, copies of Equilibrium magazine, Books including: Scales & Weights - Kisch, Weighing Machines (Vols 1,2&3) - Metcalfe, A Treatise on Weighing Machines - Owen; original copies of Weights & Measures Acts and others (qty)
Two Overland India Bismar Letter Scales (one lacks letter clip); Salters spring Letter Balance (4oz); Herbert & Sons sliding callipers dated 1 July 1935 marked 'FAT' and 'BELLY'; Vandome Titford & Co, Letter Quadrant Scale and a Brass 1/2 Gill measure with various stamps including LC3336 GR and ER
Various Scales Automatic Scale Company shop pan scale, gold finish, to 1ib in 1/4oz increments; Ord & Maddison Grocers scale with flat circular ceramic plate 'Justitia, Virtutum Regina' with goddess Justitia; W&T Avery top pan sweet scale ''To Weigh 2lbs'' and Kitchen scales with cast iron base and enamelled circular dish pan (4)
Postal Scales (i) S Mordan & Co. with concentric rings in pan for weights, engraved 'Book Post' and base with plaque 'Any Letter Exceeding 12oz will be liable to ...'' (ii) A further example with ornate brass base (iii) John Heath with mixed weights (iv) Postal Rates sliding weight type (lacks weight) (4)
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