KHUZESTAN:LOT of 12 small base-metal weights or jetons, all but one with personal names, likely middle to late medieval period: Legible names: Muhammad bin (Talîla?) (2 pcs, 1.21g and 1.04g); Muhammad (1.17g); Husayn bin al-Hasan (1.99g); 'Ali (1.27g); Halîl (1.55g); and al-Husayn b. Ahmad (retrograde, 1.86g); Uncertain names: 'Ali bin ??? (1.92g); possibly Husaum (4.82g); possible 'Umar (1.06g); perhaps Da'ud (1.47g); and without name (crisscross design, 2.08g); average Fine to VF condition; and intersting group of items rarely preserved and seldom offered in the market; retail value $500, lot of 12 pieces. Many of these have 1, 2, or 3 pellets on the reverse, which suggests that they may have been intended to be used as weights.
Estimate: 200-300 USD