PHOENICIA, Tyre(?). Late Hellenistic to Roman Imperial Period. Cast PB Mina Weight (64x65mm, 532.80 g, 12h). Tanit symbol and balance symbol above; Phoenician N N – (= 50 shekels) below / Blank. Cf. Elayi & Elayi, Recherches 118 and 298; Hendin, Ancient 278. Brown patina, divot in obverse. Near VF. Overall height and weight include suspension loop originally cast into weight, which has since compressed when the edge was hammered.
From the S.M. Collection.