A RARE SET OF ANATOLIAN SELJUK BRONZE WEIGHTS (DIRHAMS)

TURKEY, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

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A RARE SET OF ANATOLIAN SELJUK BRONZE WEIGHTS (DIRHAMS)
TURKEY, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Comprising six circular weights, each cast with palmette scrolls, of the following approximate weights 40, 38, 18, 9, 4.8, 2.2oz
6¼in. (15.8cm.) diam. (max.) (6)

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Similar dirhams sold at Sotheby's, London, 27 April 2005, lot 95 and 12 October 2005, lot 64. Others are in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art (Filiz Çagman, et al, The Anatolian Civilisations III,Topkapi Palace Museum, exhibition catalogue, 1983, cat.D112-7, p.66-7).

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