Auction 64
Coins, Weights, Seals, Jewelry, Oil Lamps, Glass, Antiquities
Apr 4, 2018
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Israel
Dan hotel, Hayarkon 99, Tel Aviv
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LOT 172:
AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC LEAD WEIGHT
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Sold for: $3,600
Start price:
$
1,600
Estimated price:
$1,800 - $1,900
Auction house commission:
18%
VAT: On commission only
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Dated ΓΠC 283 = 28 BCE. The Greek inscriptions reads: APXEC AΠOΛΛW/NIOY ΔIOΦANTOY AΓOPANOMOY ΓΠC. "The great Apollonius (son of) Diophantoy, who is over the Agora, (year) 283" Pierced for hanging. Two counter-marks are at top and bottom depicting a figure. On the back, a wreath with concentric circles is depicted. With very nice gray patina. In very good condition. 16.5 cm high. 410 gr. For a similar lead weight, see: Frederic Manns, "Some Weights of the Hellenistic Roman and Byzantine Periods, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Museum 7, 1984, p. 11, no. 4. Ex S.M. collection, Herzliya Pituah.
Estimate: $ 1,800 – 1,900
