ISLAMIC, Islamic Weights. Circa 10-13th centuries. Weight of 10 Mithqāls (Bronze, 23 mm, 40.35 g), a circular Seljuk or Beylik coin weight; the flat top and bottom decorated with 'bird's eye' motives. Istanbul -. Silifke -. Patina stripped, otherwise, good very fine.


The Mithqāl weight standard was based on the Roman solidus and set to 10/7 of a dirham in Islamic law.