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Auction 13  7 October 2016
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Lot 354

Estimate: 600 CHF
Price realized: 1500 CHF
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The Eparch Collection of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Weights
LATE ROMAN – BYZANTINE COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS

Circa 6th-7th century. Weight of 6-ounkia (Brass, probably once inlaid with silver, 49x12mm, 160.90 g), a thick discoid commercial-weight with two small grooves on the edge (as MAH A 37); with a flat, recessed bottom with a large centering hole and a wide, raised rim; and a flat recessed top with a large centering hole and an outer raised rim, Ounce of 26.81 g. Within a double wreath divided into four quarters by an annulet at 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°, Latin cross above Γ° - S; below weight letters, floral ornament. Rev. Plain. Bendall 115. Cf. MAH 22. Dark patina. Some minor bangs and marks, otherwise, very fine.

From the Eparch Collection.


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