Details
LOT 4491
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of 2 Unciae. 4th-6th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γ B / Blank. Bendall 71 var. (all within wreath). Condition as seen.(52.58gr, 27mm x 8mm.).
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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