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Group of 21 Byzantine bronze weights

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Group of 21 Byzantine bronze weights
Group of 21 Byzantine bronze weights, including 8 circular and 13 square weights, all but one with denomination marks on them. 5th-9th century AD. The circular weights range in size from 48 to 18 mm, and include a large 6 ounce piece with cross, the square weighs range in size from 37 to 19 mm, 3 of which are 3 ounces with inlaid letters and cross, 2 are 2 ounces and the rest smaller denominations (including several nomismata denominations), all with values indicated. Cf. Slobodan Curcic & Archer St. Clair, eds., Byzantium at Princeton (Princeton, 1986), nos. 49-50, p. 73 for the circular weights and more generally Wamser & Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz (1998), nos. 176 ff.

All intact, markings legible.