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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 7933251, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]1372015[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372016[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372017[/ATTACH] </p><p>I am now the proud owner of two Triens scale weights. The first one arrived last month - <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-roman-triens-4-dot-scale-weight.386506/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-roman-triens-4-dot-scale-weight.386506/">My first Roman Triens (4 dot) scale weight | Coin Talk</a> Holding two 100+ gram scale weights is pretty neat! I think the 4 dot weight is older. It looks like a common coin from the Roman Republic. The cross on the round weight indicates it is more recent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the second from Harlan Berk&#039;s web inventory. I found it when I searched for Roman / Byzantine scale weights. It was unsold in 2 previous auctions, but was not in recent bid or buy sales. Can anyone here make Bφ equal 4 or 24 in any Byzantine numbering system?</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Round Commercial Bronze Weight; 4-Ounces (Triens) or 24-Nomismata / Solidii; 6th-7th cent. AD</p><p>Obv: Engraved letters Bφ with inlaid silver, engraved cross above and eight-pointed star below; all within dotted border. The letters Bφ on the obverse are presumably private ownership initials.</p><p>Rev: Blank apart from central hole.</p><p>VF</p><p>105g.</p><p>Unpublished in the standard references. For comparable Byzantine 4-ounce weights which were however government issues, see</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; S. Bendall, Byzantine Weights, An Introduction (1996), 131;</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; J. Forien de Rochesnard, Album des poids antiques III, p. 57;</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; M. Campagnolo, M. Weber, and F. Weber, Poids romano-byzantins en alliage cuivreux (2015), 37-8..</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pondera.uclouvain.be – 68 4 oz weights, 15 are bronze truncated spheres.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unsold in two auctions:</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Gemini, LLC Auction XIII, lot 377; 06.04.2017</p><p>·&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HJB Buy or Bid Sale 213, lot 463; 19.11.2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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