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LOT 4477
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Bronze weight in shape of a resting ram. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 147 (3 Shekel). Condition as seen.(7.46gr, 17mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4477
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 1 Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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