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LOT 4487
Byzantine Circular AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. Circa 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline and inlaid with silver monogram of BABYΛΑ above Γᴑ B, small crosses flanking, all within border of waves / Blank with punch in centre. Not in the standard references. Condition as seen. Circular commercial weight with edge of three tiers.(52.55gr, 34mm x 9mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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