Details
LOT 3740
Byzantine Circular Glass Weight of 1 Semissis. 6th century AD.
In the name of Konstantinos, eparch of Constantinopolis. Block monogram of KധNCTANTINOV / Blank. Entwistle/Meek, Early Byzantine Glass Weights: Aspects of Function, Chronology and Composition, no. 32. Good Very Fine.(1.37gr, 16mm).
Provenance
From Edward Collection, no. 8;
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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