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LOT 0860
Byzantine Bronze Weight Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (61 grams total, 10-27 mm).
Comprising six circular commercial weights of different types and sizes, including examples stamped with letter motifs. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Cf. Bendall, S., Byzantine weights, an introduction, London, 1996, figs.111ff, for the type.
FootnotesThe biggest weight is a one ounce weight, having an engraved monogram of Γ and Α. The flans of circular coin weights were turned on a lathe in the 6th century A.D., giving them a neat appearance. The designs are usually quite simple and often crudely executed, either engraved or slipped.
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Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
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