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LOT 1143
Eastern Levant AE 4 Shekels Weight
BRONZE TO IRON II AGE, CIRCA 12TH-6TH CENTURIES B.C.
5/8 in. (31.2 grams, 17 mm).
In the form of a cube engraved on one side in Aramaic: ŠLŠRKR.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Literature
Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights -; Pondera -; Rochesnard -; Elay & Elayi, Recherches -.
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