Small gold nugget, 4.09 grams, from the Arab/Indian trade, from an 1100s-1200s wreck off Mozambique. Roughly 1/2" x 3/8" x 1/8". Crude, unprepossessing nugget (somewhat square-shaped with bulge in center) with no markings but lots of red toning and dark encrustation in crevices, unique provenance. From an 1100s-1200s Arab/Moorish dhow wreck off Mozambique, with original certificate from the salvager, pedigreed to our Auction #5, with original lot-tag #89. Recovered from: Unidentified 1100s-1200s wreck off Mozambique, east of Africa
Estimate: $300-450