Lot 2977

Description

Byzantine weight, 5th-7th Century, barrel-shaped, 15 mm x 18 mm, bronze one Uncia (one ounce) weight (24.29 g), cylindrical with a slightly bulging center and with a flat top and bottom, the top bears a center punch flanked by the incuse cut silvered letters = one uncia (uncertain letters), (cf.Bendall P.25 for similar weights). Green and brown earthen patina with some original metal showing through, nearly fine and rare.

Ex Maurice Collection.