LOT 3700
Byzantine AE Weight of 1 Nomisma. Circa 5th-6th century AD.
Circular coin weight for a solidus made from a Roman Provincial issue of Trajan (AD 98-117) from Antioch in Seleucis and Pieria: laureate head of Trajan to right / ΔHMAPX [E]Ξ [YΠ]AT [...] within laurel wreath. Cf. RPC III, 3653. Fine. Serrated edge.(4.15gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Minor Asia and Levante Bone Weight of Uncertain Standard. Circa 750-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Dome-shaped bone ring with grooved linear circle on one side and wide hole. For a similar example see British Museum 1969,0401.120. 2.41gr, 30mm x 4mm.
Condition as seen. Tag attached, inscribed '2.41 gms 1/2 MITKAL'.
Found Hebron in 1971. From the Gabby family collection, 1960s-1970s. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Greek PB Weight of 1 Mina. Dated SE 230 (83/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Possibly Levantine region. ETOYΣ ΛΣ (date) ΔHMOΣIA M-NA (denomination), two crossed cornucopiae, to left, monogram / Latticework design. Unpublished in the standard references. 704gr, 96mm x 95mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Such commercial weights were produced in cities currently or formerly under Seleucid control. The inscription ΔHMOΣIA ('public'), indicates that this was used as an official market weight. -
![Group of Ten [10] Byzantine AE Weights.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/230704-s.jpg)
Group of Ten [10] Byzantine AE Weights. Circa 6th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of discoid and oblate trade weights with low-relief detailing. 39.74gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
