Set of ten discs or counters including: - Lot 328

Lot 328
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Set of ten discs or counters including: - Lot 328
Set of ten discs or counters including: - Pyramid pawn finished in button. Glass. Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 332 - 32 B.C. H.: 1.2 cm. - Disc stamped with a six-pointed star ("seal of Solomon") in a circle. Iridescent blue glass. Egypt, Mamluk period, 2nd half of the 13th - early 16th century. Max. diameter: 1,8 cm. - Disc decorated with a seated figure wearing a turban. Yellowish glass. Central Asia, 12th century ? Max. diameter: 3 cm. - Disc stamped with the name of a Fatimid caliph on two lines surmounted by a dot, all within a circle: "the imam ()". Green glass. Egypt, Fatimid period, late 10th - mid 12th century. Maximum diameter: 1.6 cm, weight: 1.4 cm. - Disc decorated with a religious inscription in cursive on two lines, in a beaded circle: "There is no God but God". To note, the unusual opaque yellowish color. Beige glass paste. Egypt, Late Period ? Max. diameter: 2,7 cm, Weight : 3,9 gr. - Disc stamped with a six-pointed star in a circle ("seal of Solomon"). Brown glass. Egypt, Mamluk period, 2nd half of the 13th - early 16th century. Maximum diameter: 2,5 cm, Weight : 6,3 gr. - Lot of four medallions, three decorated with animals, and one with a ball, and a quadrangular weight. Brown, yellow and green glass. Orient, Islamic period. Diameter : from 2,6 to 2,5 cm Published in R. de Wilde, Weights, Scales and Pawns of Ancient Civilizations, 2017
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