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LOT 4502
Islamic AE Weight. 6th-8th century AD.
Inscription in three lines / Inscription in three lines. Condition as seen.(20.30gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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