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Byzantine 5th-6th Century AD Weight of 3 Unciae. Uniface, square weight with slightly curved edges leading to a slightly bevelled top edge ornamented with engraved designs. At the centre, on a double line base enriched with garlands below, are the facing busts of two nimbate, crowned and draped imperial figures, their faces inlaid with silver and their robes with copper; around the busts is an inlaid copper laurel wreath and there are inlaid silver ornaments at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock; in each of the two upper corners of the weight is an engraved flower with an inlaid silver centre; in each of the bottom two corners is the inlaid silver letter .The reverse is plain with some file marks as made. C.f. Bendall 61 ff. L. Holland, 'An Unusual Bronze Coin-Weight from Caesarea-Maritima,' IAPN p. 94 and pl. 30, 2 (this piece). 75.55g, 34 x 35 x 9mm. Extremely Fine, displaying original patina as found but with the top surface cleaned to reveal the design and the original golden-brown colour of the bronze, the red of the copper and the grey silver. Very Rare. A remarkable example of late Roman - early Byzantine metal work.