IMPORTANT! Due to new custom regulations we can no longer ship outside the E.U. Please make sure you have an EU shipping address before bidding. - Archeologists have discovered copper-alloy polyhedral balance weights across the Scandinavian world, from Russia in the east to Ireland and England in the west. The archeological literature suggests a broad consensus that these findings reflect trading contacts with the Islamic caliphate, and most weights were imported from the Middle East during the eighth through twelfth centuries. These artifacts are called dirham weights, since they were used to weigh silver coins called dirhams. - See last picture as a parallel: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00283-025-10425-x Registered shipping. Provenance/Known History: Ex. Private UK collection. Collected before 1970. After that A.A. Gallery, UK. Important information: - A declaration of authenticity by my shop is provided with this lot. - Invoices, import- and export papers etc. will not be shared with customers. - Please do not pay for a won item before you are finished bidding in the auction. The system will not be able to combine your orders into one shipping if all items aren't paid at once.