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Small gold nugget, 4.09 grams, from the Arab/Indian trade, from an 1100s-1200s wreck off Mozambique.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Small gold nugget, 4.09 grams, from the Arab/Indian trade, from an 1100s-1200s wreck off Mozambique.
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Small gold nugget, 4.09 grams, from the Arab/Indian trade, from an 1100s-1200s wreck off Mozambique. Roughly 1/2" x 3/8" x 1/8". Crude, unprepossessing nugget (somewhat square-shaped with bulge in center) with no markings but lots of red toning and dark encrustation in crevices, unique provenance. From an 1100s-1200s Arab/Moorish dhow wreck off Mozambique, with original certificate from the salvager, pedigreed to our Auction #5, with original lot-tag #89.