157, Lot: 390. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Byzantine Æ weight. Square 6 Unciae (45mm, 162.15 g).
G• S within wreath. Cf. Bendall,
Weights> 57. Fine, rough red-brown and green patina. Unusually crude for one of these larger weights; normally the weights for 6 unciae and above were highly ornamented, with engraved designs and silver inlay.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; ex Malter XXXIX (2 April 1989), lot 23.