LOT 157:
A BRONZE FISH 1/4 SHEKEL WEIGHT
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Sold for: $3,500
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Estimated price :
$2,000 - $2,500
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A BRONZE FISH 1/4 SHEKEL WEIGHT
8th century BCE. 3.8 gr, 19.9 mm. On the bottom, Phoenician inscription: רבע שקל חמת "Quarter Shekel of Hamat". With nice black patina. In very
good condition and very rare. Published: P. Bordreuil, Semitica 43-44, 1995, pp. 9-20; J. Elayi and A.G. Elayi, Recherches sur les poids Pheniciens, 1997, Plate XLI no. 10. Ex S.M. collection, Herzliya Pituah. (Non exportable)
Estimate: $ 2,000 – 2,500