WHW 10

Inventory number: WHW 10
Period: Hellenistic
Category: Commercial weight
Mint: Arados
Date: 3rd-1st c. BC
Denomination: 5 sheqels
Material: Lead
Manufacture: Cast Lead
Shape: Square
Length: 31 mm
Width: 44 mm
Height: 7 mm
Mass: 52.60g
Reference: Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches, nos. 338, 336, and 368; Finkielsztejn 2015, no. 2; Pondera # 12925, 12927 and 12928. Need actual Pondera#
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). Purchased from the S. Moussaieff Collection during the CNG Electronic Auction 476, n. 303 (9 September 2020).
Date of acquisition: 2020-09-09
Remarks: The dimensions include the handle

monogram aleph resch waw dalet and sign of Tanit (from r. to l.) | Phoenician IIIII Š (= 5 sheqels, from r. to l.), within a simple raised border

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