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LOT 0724
Eastern Levant AE Half Shekel Weight
BRONZE TO IRON II AGE, CIRCA 12TH-6TH CENTURIES B.C.
3/8 in. (4.4 grams, 11 mm).
In the form of a cube engraved on three sides in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician: ʾP and LZ(?) and ʾ. [No Reserve]
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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