Details
LOT 3547
Byzantine Square AE Commercial Weight of One Uncia. Circa 5th-7th century AD.
Engraved in outline (and inlaid with silver) large cross between Γᴑ A; all within wreath / Blank. Cf. Pondera Online 10561. Condition as seen.(23.85gr, 22mm x 6mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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