EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC COINS AND WEIGHTS
Islamic
Southern Anatolia. Circa 10th-13th Century. Weight of 5-dirhams (Bronze, 15x12mm, 14.65 g), a commercial weight in the form of a flattened sphere of doubly truncated, barrel-like form, with a small centering point at the center of a larger incised circle on the top and the bottom. Hendin 429. Holland 114. MAH 251. Dark green-black patina with earthen highlights. Very fine.
From the Eparch Collection.