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Create new listThe weights are based on a shekel of 11.4 grams, a twentieth of a shekel being the gerah, while the nezef was five-sixths of a stater. Inscribed examples are much rarer, and the typical form is dome-shaped. The materials used are generally limestone, as well as hematite and some quartz, occasionally glass and bronze.
Judaea, black basalt weight for 16 Shekels, 9th-1st century BC, 178.08g, 5cm x 3.4cm, dome shaped with a flat base. Very fine with some light surface marks £100-£150
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Shlomo Gabbay Collection of Judaean Coins and Weights.
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Kölner Münzkabinett Auction 28, 14 October 1980, lot 58
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