The Eparch Collection of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Weights
ISLAMIC WEIGHTS
Ottoman Empire. 18th-19th century or earlier. Weight of 100-Dirhams (Bronze, 33x34x33mm, 298.50 g), a large, ‘square’ commercial- weight in the form of a polyhedron with six square faces and eight triangular ones. CPAI Turkey 1, 161 var. ( differing weight ). Large and impressive. Minor marks and with a hole (for weight adjustment?) in the ‘base’. Good very fine. From the Eparch Collection, acquired with lot 369.