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Square lead weight, rounded edges, with a depiction of half an amphora and two letters in the field at left, possibly spelling demo(sion) [of the people]. Equivalent to 1/6 of a stater. There is some surface corrosion.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Dr. F. Bassermann-Jordan Deidesheim Rhineland-Palatia first quarter of the 20th century. Purchase [Axel G. Weber Kunsthandel GMBH Cologne mid 1990's-1998] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (1998-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Lead Weight
Description:
Square lead weight, rounded edges, with a depiction of half an amphora and two letters in the field at left, possibly spelling demo(sion) [of the people].
Equivalent to 1/6 of a stater.
There is some surface corrosion.
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