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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 250 CHF
Hammer Price:  460 CHF
Lot 337

BYZANTINE WEIGHTS, Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean Area. Circa late 4th-5th century. Weight of 6-grammata = 1-sicilicus = 1 1/2-nomismata (Brass with silver (and copper?) inlays, 17x16x2 mm, 6.70 g), a thin, square, ‘Imperial’ commercial (or coin?)-weight with plain edges (as MAH B1), nomisma of 4.46 g. Half-length busts of two facing crowned and draped imperial figures on ground line; below, S; faces and letter inlaid with silver; drapery inlaid with copper (?). Rev. Plain. Cf. Bendall 106. Rough surfaces with a dark green and red patina. Inlays from emperors’ bodies lost, otherwise. Good very fine.


From the Eparch Collection.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 02:18:04 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:460 CHF

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