WHW 50

Inventory number: WHW 50
Period: Hellenistic
Category: Commercial weight
Mint: Marathos
Date: 3rd-1st c. BC
Denomination: 50 sheqels
Material: Lead
Manufacture: Cast lead
Shape: Square
Length: 77mm
Width: 96mm
Height: 12mm
Mass: 492.05g
Reference: Seyrig’s archives, file HS 337, VI; Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches, no. 310; Pondera # 17240. Need actual Pondera#
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). Purchased from the S. Moussaieff Collection during the CNG Electronic Auction 476, n. 301 (9 September 2020).
Date of acquisition: 2020-09-09
Remarks: The dimensions include the handle. The têt is edited ṭ(b‘) and the legend is interpreted ‘Marathos, stamped, 50 (sheqels)’ by Pondera

monogram mêm resch taw | Phoenician - (= 10) and têt (from r. to l.) | NN (= 40), within a simple raised border

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