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LOT 0506
Hellenistic Lead Weight
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (107 grams, 51 mm).
Square in plan with D-shaped extension to the top, obverse with high-relief tree flanked by symbols, sides with running zigzag, reverse with ankh symbol on a lattice field.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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