The Eparch Collection of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Weights
BYZANTINE COIN WEIGHTS
First half of the 7th century. Weight for a semissis (?) (Glass, 19mm, 1.96 g), a pale green coin-weight, Timotheos. Cruciform monogram, which can be resolved to read: Τ-Ι-Μ-Ο-Θ-Ε-Ο-Υ (the Ο read twice). Rev. Plain. Bendall 205. CPAI 3, 2, 729. Gorny & Mosch 216, 2013, 3570. A pleasant, clear example with slightly eroded surfaces. Nearly extremely fine.
From the Eparch collection, acquired from Baldwin's in London.