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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Glass Weight
11TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.51 grams, 17 mm).
Discoid with three lines of impressed text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Collected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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