★ An interesting weight of 10 Mithqāls ★

ISLAMIC, Islamic Weights. Circa 10-13th centuries. Weight of 10 Mithqāls (Bronze, 20x20x13 mm, 41.81 g), a Seljuk or Beylik coin weight in the form of a polyhedron with doubly truncated ends; all faces covered with 'bird's eye' motive. Istanbul -. Leu Web Auction 8 (2019), 1911 var. (5 Mithqāls). Silifke -. Very fine.

The Mithqāl weight standard was based on the Roman solidus and set to 10/7 of a dirham in Islamic law.