Details
LOT 3563
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
Polyhedral bronze weight; tughra on one side. Cf. Kürkman 143. Condition as seen.(30.17gr, 17mm.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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