Leu Numismatik AG
Auction 3 27 Oct 2018
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Byzantine Weights, Circa 4th-6th century. Weight (Orichalcum, 17x18 mm, 16.89 g), a square coin weight with plain edges. Large Chi-Rho and B in silver inlay. Rev. Plain. Bendall -. MAH -. Pera -, cf. 461 (a weight of 8.20 g with a Chi-Rho only). A very interesting and carefully produced early Christian weight. Extremely fine.
From an interesting European collection of Byzantine coin & commercial weights.
This is an odd piece, as it nearly equals the weight of 4 solidi but carries the number 'B' = 2 alongside the Chi-Rho on the obverse. It could have served as a weight of two so-called 'double maiorinae' of one of the successors of Julian II in the later 360s and early 370s, but the fabric looks slighty later.
From an interesting European collection of Byzantine coin & commercial weights.
This is an odd piece, as it nearly equals the weight of 4 solidi but carries the number 'B' = 2 alongside the Chi-Rho on the obverse. It could have served as a weight of two so-called 'double maiorinae' of one of the successors of Julian II in the later 360s and early 370s, but the fabric looks slighty later.