Dated SE 230 (83/2 B.C.). Square in plan with ribbed edge and hatched reverse; ETOY? ?? (date) ?HMO?IA MNA (denomination) with border to initial lamda, two crossed cornucopiae, to left a monogram; latticework design to the reverse. See Gale Brown, H., A study of lead ingot cargoes from ancient Mediterranean Shipwrecks, Vermont, 2011; cf. De Rochesnard; Pondera Online 3558. 704 grams, 96 mm (3 3/4 in.).

Such commercial weights were produced in cities currently or formerly under Seleukid control. The inscription ?HMO?IA ('public'), indicates that this was used as an official market weight.

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12225-222343. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)