Details
LOT 4177
Islamic Glass Jeton. 10th-11th century AD.
Legend in two lines at centre and in margins / Blank. Condition as seen.(6.06gr, 28mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Hampshire, UK, gentleman, established from the 1960s.
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