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LOT 0988

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

BYZANTINE BRONZE TRADE WEIGHT SET
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 7/8 in. (90.15 grams total, 9-23 mm).

Graduated group of barrel-shaped and columnar-type weights with impressed saltire, ring-and-dot and other motifs to the flat faces. [6, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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