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LOT 0786
Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (43.9 grams total, 10-20 mm).
Group of tabular weights with markings including incised cross, monogram 'Z', 'N', NE monogram and others. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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