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LOT 0866
Byzantine and Other Bronze Weight Collection
8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (270 grams total, 13-28 mm).
Comprising weights of various sizes and shapes, and bearing a variety of markings: ring-and-dot motifs, a cross; dimples. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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