The Eparch Collection of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Weights
LATE ROMAN – BYZANTINE COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS
Circa 5th/6th-7th century. Weight of 2-ounkia (Brass, inlaid with silver, 35x5mm, 54.10 g), a discoid commercial-weight with a plain profile (as MAH A 1), no rims and no visible centering holes, ounce of 27.05 g. Within a wreath, Latin cross between Γ°- Β. Rev. Plain. CPAI 3, 2, 178. Kürkman 56. MAH 113. Dark green patina with earthen deposits. Bottom with some deep adjustment marks, otherwise, very fine.
From the Eparch Collection.