CNG 84, Lot: 1611. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Commercial Weight. temp. Justin II, 565-578. Æ 100 Nummi Weight (22mm, 73.77 g, 6h). Weight in the form of a cube with top and bottom edges beveled. Top face contains crowned and cuirassed facing bust, crown with pendilia, D N IVST[...] around; all within circular incuse. Bottom face contains monogram with cross above and C (Carthage mintmark or mark of value [=100]) below; all within circular incuse. Sides of weight decorated with pair of ornate and overlapping circles over incised rays. Bendall,
Weights -; cf. SB 392B (for Carthage mint 100 Nummi prototype). Good VF, attractive black-green patina with traces of earthen deposits.