WHW 9

Inventory number: WHW 9
Period: Hellenistic
Category: Commercial weight
Mint: Arados
Date: 3rd-1st c.BC
Denomination: 50 sheqels
Material: Lead
Manufacture: Cast Lead
Shape: Square
Length: 64 mm
Width: 65 mm
Mass: 532.80 g
Reference: Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches, nos. 118 and 298; Hendin, no. 278; Finkielsztejn 2015, nos. 33-35; Pondera #12986, 12989, and 14398. Need actual Pondera#
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). Purchased from the S. Moussaieff Collection during the CNG Electronic Auction 468, n. 217 (20 May 2020).
Date of acquisition: 2020-05-20
Remarks: The dimensions include the compressed handle.

monogram aleph resch waw dalet and sign of Tanit (from r. to l.) | Phoenician N N – (= 50, from r. to l.)

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