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LOT 1330
Western Asiatic Bronze Inscribed Weight
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (3 grams, 14 mm).
Biconical in profile with ribbing to the equator, three inscribed characters to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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