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Lot of 6 bronze/brass coin(?) weights, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s).

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:65.00 - 95.00 USD
Lot of 6 bronze/brass coin(?) weights, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s).
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Lot of 6 bronze/brass coin(?) weights, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 91 grams total, 1/2" to 1" in diameter each. Typically thick, flat discs (except for one square and one hexagonal) with markings on one side, all off-increment weights except for the hexagonal one, which is exactly the weight of a 2 escudos/reales, all lightly patinated, worth further study. From a colonial site in the southern Caribbean.