BCC BW55 Bronze Islamic Weight 2 Dirham Series - Spheroid

Islamic Bronze Weight
Caesarea Maritima 2 Dirham
7th-12th Century CE
Smoothly curved, nearly spherical cast
bronze weight decorated with close-set
"bird's-eye" punch-marks over the entire
body. Flat polar faces, each marked with
a single punch-mark surrounded by two
concentric grooves. Very uncommon type.
Dia: 11.25mm. Ht: 9.2mm Wt: 5.87gm.
see Holland, "ANSMN 31 (1986)" #61
and Holland, W.W.O.C.M., ch. 8; "Dirham
Series-Spheroid".
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1971
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection

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