EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC COINS AND WEIGHTS
Islamic
Southern Anatolia. Circa 10th-13th Century. Weight of 5-dirhams (Bronze, 15x12mm, 14.17 g), a commercial weight in the form of a flattened sphere of doubly truncated form, with a deep centering point within an incised circle 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, 153. Hendin 417. Holland 126. Dark surfaces, encrusted with dirt as found. Very fine.
From the Eparch Collection.