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LOT 0211
Byzantine Bronze Weight Collection
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (326 grams total, 12-21 mm).
Mixed group of trade weights including cuboid, polyhedral and other types; one cuboid resembling a die with four faces bearing four spots and two faces bearing two spots. [14]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1970s.
European private collection.
Literature
See Weber, K., Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009, for discussion.
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