Near Eastern. Late Bronze Age, 1500-1200 BCE. Bronze 3 Shekels Weight (23.12 g, shekel of 7.71 g). Zoomorphic weight in form of swimming duck, head forward. Cf. Hendin, Weights 173 (for 1/2 qedet). Orange earthen encrustation. As made.
From the David Hendin Collection, sold for the benefit of the American Numismatic Society.