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Viking Trade Weight and Hack Group

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Viking Polyhedral Weight Group: 9th-11th century AD. A group of two bronze polyhedral trade weights, the smaller with three impressed points to one face. See Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewic

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Medieval Trade Weight Group: 10th-14th century AD. A pair of square bronze weights(?), one with stamped rosette motif on three sides, one with geometric decoration and pelleted border on each side. 61 grams total, 13-20mm (1/2 -

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Byzantine Trade Weight Group: 6th-10th century AD. A pair of bronze weights comprising: one discoid with with raised rim, incised image of a temple with a cross to the left, 'N?' inside temple and '?' above; one square with facett

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Medieval and Later Trade Weight Group: 13th-19th century A.D. A group of nine lead trade weights comprising: four discoid examples, each with one or more stamps to one face; three shield-shaped weights, each bearing motifs in raised relief

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Viking Silver 'Hack' Group: 10th-12th century AD. A mixed group of 'hack silver' including: fragments of stamped bracelet; two tongue-shaped tags; a finger ring and fragments of another; a buckle loop and frame; an arm-ring of b

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Large Viking Polyhedral Trade Weight: 9th-11th century AD. A very large bronze weight of polyhedral form, punched dots to the larger flat faces, worn through use. 310 grams, 40mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London, UK collector; acquired Lond

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Viking Silver Hack 'Hoard' Group: 9th-11th century AD. A hoard of silver and ceramic items comprising: a chatelaine with pendants (ear-scoop, tweezers, hammer, pelta-shaped plaque, axe-head); a group of twenty-nine small fittings and

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Viking Age Hack Silver Group: 9th-12th century A.D. A group of five large hack silver pieces in bar form, semi-circular, facetted and circular cross-sections. 344 grams total, 47-90 mm (1 7/8 - 3 1/2 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-19

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Byzantine Trade Weight Collection: 7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of trade weights comprising: three graduated biconvex weights; one rhomboidal weight with ring-in-dot motifs; one facetted conical weight; one facetted biconvex weig

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Viking Face Patrix Die and Weight Group: 9th-11th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a weight, octagonal in plan with chamfered edges; a polyhedral weight; a male head patrix die with large pellet-in-disc eyes, deckled edge. Proper

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Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection: Circa 6th-12th century A.D.. Mixed group of square trade weights with punched-point and impressed detailing. See Weber, K., Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm

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Byzantine Period Trade Weight Collection: Circa 8th-12th century A.D. A mixed group of bronze trade weights comprising: one cuboidal with geometric motifs to each face; one squat, decagonal weight bearing a cruciform motif to both principal f

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Byzantine Trade Weight Collection: Mainly 7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze trade weights comprising: biconvex, polyhedral, cuboid, discoid-shaped and other examples, including weights with motifs. 100 grams total, 9-18mm (1

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Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection: Circa 6th-12th century A.D.. Mixed group of square trade weights with punched and incised detailing. See Weber, K., Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009.

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Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection: Circa 6th-12th century A.D.. Mixed group of square trade weights of various typessome with pointillé or stamped detailing. 38.6 grams total, 8-17 mm (3/8 - 5/8 in.). Acquired since the 1970s.From the

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Byzantine Trade Weight Collection: 7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze trade weights, including polyhedral, baluster-shaped and cuboidal, including examples with incised letters and dot-in-ring motifs. 134 grams total, 9-19mm

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9th-11th century AD. A mixed group comprising: three graduated bronze polyhedral trade weights; eight graduated bronze barrel-shaped trade weights and three similar in lead; a square-section silver ingot with five transverse cuts; a flat-section elliptical ingot and a fragment of one similar; a silver dirhem pierced in two places; three complete silver coins; seven silver coin halves and thirteen smaller fragments. See HÃ¥rdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia no.25, Stockholm, 1996 for discussion of hack-silver and trade. 658 grams total, 4-28mm (1/4 - 1"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. [41, No Reserve]