LOT 3549
Byzantine Octagonal AE Coin Weight of 2 Nomismata. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Large Ṅ B engraved in outline (and inlaid in silver); all within wreath / Blank. Bendall 45. Condition as seen. Octagonal coin weight.(8.83gr, 18mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
FootnotesOctagonal coin weights are rarer than commercial weights of the same shape.
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Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. 45.53gr, 41mm x 22mm.
Condition as seen.
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Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 10 Dirham. 17th-18th century AD.
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Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
