The Eparch Collection of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Weights
BYZANTINE COIN WEIGHTS
Circa 5th-6th century. Weight of 18-nomismata (Brass inlaid with silver, 34x34x7mm, 78.82 g), a thick, square coin-weight with plain edges (as MAH B1), nomisma of 4.37 g. Within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom and closed with a circle at the top, ΝΙΗ below a Latin cross; at each corner, angle; all design elements inlaid with silver. Rev. Plain. Bendall 88 ( surely made in the same workshop ). Cf. MAH 52. Somewhat scraped and with a variegated green patina. Very fine. From the Eparch Collection.