Fontanille Coins
Auction 79 9 November 2015
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Stamped hacksilber ingot of an eighth shekel - First Temple period - (GBC p. 66) 1.89 g.
In our auction 76, we were lucky to offer one of the 2 known stamped hacksilber pieces (1 shekel each). The one we offer today is also a hacksilber piece stamped with a circular mark, the 3rd ever recorded to date, but it is a smaller denomination, with a weight of a 8th shekel.
With its rounded border, with its original disc weighing a half shekel, with the circular mark stamped on it with a die, this sophisticated hacksilber piece is probably the closest thing we have to a coin of the First Temple period (10th-6th Centuries BCE)
Est. 1,200-1,500
In our auction 76, we were lucky to offer one of the 2 known stamped hacksilber pieces (1 shekel each). The one we offer today is also a hacksilber piece stamped with a circular mark, the 3rd ever recorded to date, but it is a smaller denomination, with a weight of a 8th shekel.
With its rounded border, with its original disc weighing a half shekel, with the circular mark stamped on it with a die, this sophisticated hacksilber piece is probably the closest thing we have to a coin of the First Temple period (10th-6th Centuries BCE)
Est. 1,200-1,500