EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC COINS AND WEIGHTS
Islamic
Southern Anatolia. Circa 10th-13th Century. Weight of 10-dirhams (Bronze, 20x15mm, 29.66 g), a commercial weight in the form of a flattened sphere of doubly truncated form, with a centering point on the top and the bottom, and with its sides ornamented with a triple row of facets, each with a punched bird's eye pattern. CPAI 1, 131 ff. Holland 124. Uncleaned as found with earthen deposits and a rough red-green patina. About very fine.
From the Eparch Collection.