Byzantine Bronze Trade Weight Collection

CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 - 1 in. (244 grams total, 18-25 mm).

Mixed group of barrel-shaped, biconvex and other trade weights, some with punched markings. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.

Literature

See Weber, K., Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0767