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LOT 0752
Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (69 grams total, 11-28 mm).
Mixed group of discoid weights with raised rim and impressed detailing. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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