Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 2046. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BALKANS. Lot of bronze and iron objects. Roman period and later. Bronze and lead steelyard weight, plain ball with attached hook, along with a fragment of the steelyard scale // Three bronze roundels, the two smallest Roman, 40mm with head of Medusa, 45mm with dancing putti, the largest probably Turkish, 65mm with vinescroll pattern // Proto-money bronze rings, 15mm to 52mm (12) // Two bronze pin heads in the form of birds // Iron key, fishhhook and canvas needle // A peculiar object, consisting of four bronze rings with spiked projections, originally joined by an iron pin. Conjecture: an ancient caltrop, a device intended to impede the progress of men and horses on a battlefield. Twenty-eight (28) pieces total in lot. An interesting group. ($200)