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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3373022, member: 75525"]A scale weight arrived today from an interesting selling country: Cyprus. The price was modest, so I was not too worried about it being lost in the mail. I was interested to see what paper work would accompany an ancient item. Pics of the weight and package are below. You can see not much was said on the paper work. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]894740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894741[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH]894742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894746[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Barrel Shaped Weight with I B</p><p>Late Imperial or Byzantine Commercial Weight, 500 -700 AD</p><p>Weight : 13.16 grams</p><p>Size : 15mm diameter x 10mm tall</p><p>VF, the weight has a brown patina with desert patina in the letters, both top & bottom have centering holes</p><p>References:</p><p>Ancient Scale Weights by David Hendin - # 335; IB = 12 scripula</p><p>Scales and Weights by Bruno Kisch</p><p> Table 5, Late Imperial Rome; IB = ½ ounce = 12 scruples</p><p> Table 6, Byzantine; IB = ½ ounce</p><p>Byzantine Weights by Simon Bendall; Page 8, no picture</p><p> Commercial Weight, Semuncia, ½ ounce, Byzantine period IB = 12 scripula = 13.6 grams[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3373022, member: 75525"]A scale weight arrived today from an interesting selling country: Cyprus. The price was modest, so I was not too worried about it being lost in the mail. I was interested to see what paper work would accompany an ancient item. Pics of the weight and package are below. You can see not much was said on the paper work. [ATTACH=full]894740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]894746[/ATTACH] Bronze Barrel Shaped Weight with I B Late Imperial or Byzantine Commercial Weight, 500 -700 AD Weight : 13.16 grams Size : 15mm diameter x 10mm tall VF, the weight has a brown patina with desert patina in the letters, both top & bottom have centering holes References: Ancient Scale Weights by David Hendin - # 335; IB = 12 scripula Scales and Weights by Bruno Kisch Table 5, Late Imperial Rome; IB = ½ ounce = 12 scruples Table 6, Byzantine; IB = ½ ounce Byzantine Weights by Simon Bendall; Page 8, no picture Commercial Weight, Semuncia, ½ ounce, Byzantine period IB = 12 scripula = 13.6 grams[/QUOTE]
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