Late Roman Commercial Weight

CNG 100, Lot: 1978. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commercial weight. 4th-5th centuries. Æ Two ounce weight (27mm, 54.15 g). Two facing imperial busts, each nimbate and draped, within wreath with four medallions; cross in circle to upper left and right, Γ-B to lower left and right / Blank. Bendall –; Qedar –; Rochesnard –. Good VF, green and reddish-brown patina, remnants of silvering on busts and wreath. An attractive specimen.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.