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LOT 0933
Byzantine Bronze Weight with Inscriptions
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (7.9 grams, 14 mm).
Obverse with impressed text 'ΔΟΜΟ/Χ'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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