343, Lot: 643. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. Anastasius I to Maurice Tiberius. 491-602. PB Tessera (21mm, 8.17 g, 12h). Simias monogram / Xenonos monogram. Unpublished in the standard references, but see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-94057 (for another example, found in Israel, but 7.24 g). VF, earthen patina.

The difference in weights between this example and the referenced specimen argue against a coin or commercial weight. It may be a type of inspection marker – an ancient version of the modern paper “inspected by number 12” – or a token used as part of a process of distribution.