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This item SOLD at 2026 Jan 23 @ 16:44UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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WARRING STATES: AE belt hook (86.05g), ca. 3rd-1st century BC, 174mm, with a button knob on the back and a hook at the end, the front ribbed and decorated with inlaid silver wires and small pieces of turquoise, likely made from the late Warring States period to Western Han, VF, ex Ilse & Rolf Braun Collection. For similar examples, see Gorny & Mosch Auction 312, lot 632, as well as www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2022-3034-21_1.Rolf (1937-2016) and Ilse Braun were the founder and the secretary of the European Collectors of Primitive Money (EUCOPRIMO), a well-known organization in the field of ethnographic currency. Based in Germany, the group meets twice a year and issues a yearly magazine. Rolf and Ilse also co-authored Opium-Gewichte, one of the most referenced works on Burmese opium weights.
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| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
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California Sales Tax |
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100.00 |
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| 100.00 |
Infinite |
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