Massive Libra Weight

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1079. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Time of Anastasius I - Justinian I. Early 6th century. Æ One Libra Commercial Weight (274.99 g). Eparchic monogram; 1 A engraved on either side, all inlaid with silver; leaf with tendrils below; all within wreath and scalloped border, each scallop ending in pair of trilobes; the whole within triple linear border / Engraved linear border on an otherwise undecorated surface. Cf. Bendall, Weights 111; cf. Rochesnard 3, p. 59. VF, brown surfaces, scattered field marks.