WHW 27

Inventory number: WHW 27
Period: Hellenistic
Category: Commercial weight
Mint: Tyre
Date: Year 12 T.E. = 115/114 BC
Denomination: Half-mina
Material: Lead
Manufacture: Cast lead
Shape: Square with suspension loop
Length: 60 mm
Width: 51 mm
Mass: 224.50g
Axis: 12h
Reference: Finkielsztejn 2015, p. 90, no. 136. Pondera # 11934 (similar specimen, 53.86 g)
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), purchased from the S. Moussaieff Collection during the CNG Electronic Auction 468, n. 216 (20 May 2020).
Date of acquisition: 0001-05-20
Remarks: Very rare weight produced during the 12th year of Tyre’s autonomy. The name of the agoranomos is not mentioned.

Palm tree (in center),

BI | L –Α | ΓΟ ‘Year 12, ago’

all within a square frame surrounded by a square raised border with egg and dart pattern.

Tanit symbol over lattice pattern.