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LOT 0799
Large Byzantine Weight with Cross and Lettering
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 in. (83 grams, 41 mm).
A large coin-shaped copper-alloy weight engraved with a cross recercelee at centre flanked by the Greek letters 'Γ - Γ', enclosed in a roundel of chevrons punctuated by a single annulet at each quarter, scallops and pellets to the outer border. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before the early 1970s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London gentleman.
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