Near Eastern. Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 BCE. Bronze 5 Shekels Weight (42.91 g, shekel of 8.58 g). Zoomorphic weight in form of duck, head turned back onto body. Cf. Hendin, Weights 58 (for 20 sheqel). Orange earthen encrustation. As made.
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.