A LEAD WEIGHT FROM THE TIME OF CLAUDIUS DATED 52 CE

Roman Period, 1st century CE. Depicting a heraldic emblem surrounded the by Greek inscription: ET BI TIB / EPIOY / KΛA /YΔIOY "Year 12 of Tiberius Claudius. On the back side it depicts a doted circle surrounded the inscription: AΓ(.)PA / AMOY / TOC / ΓAO / KOCI "Amos son of Gaokosi(os) being agoranomos". In good condition. 55x42x6 mm, 102.9 gr. Published in: A. Kushnir Stein and L. Holland, "New inscribed lead weights from Caesarea", Caesarea Reports and Studies Excavations 1995-2007 within the Old City and the Ancient Harbor, K.G. Holum, J.A. Stabler and E.G. Reinhardt (eds.); BAR 2008:209-211; and L. Holland, 2009, Weights and Weight-Like Objects from Caesarea Maritima, no. 14. Ex Lionel Holland collection, Hedera.