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LOT 4165
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae. Circa 4th-5th century AD.
Facade of church shaped relic with three sections each surmounted by cross (inlaid in silver) and divided in two departments engraved with I N and decorations; all standing on four bases / Blank. Not in the standard references but cf. Bendall, Byzantine Weights 55. Condition as seen.(45.56gr, 29mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4165
Byzantine Square Bronze Commercial Weight of Two Unciae.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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