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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 8267105, member: 75525&quot;]I picked up a scale weight in CNG e511. It is different than others I have seen. It looks like an equal arm balance weight that was converted to a hanging weight. </p><p>[ATTACH]1458718[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1458719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1458720[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1458721[/ATTACH] </p><p>The following description is from CNG, but with a few changes.</p><p>BYZANTINE. Bronze octagonal weight. Circa 900-1200 AD.</p><p>Obv - On the face, an inscription in Greek: BAΛAHTIOXOV (BAΞΛANTIOXOY&nbsp; ??) around a central *. Notes: I am not sure what is between A and Λ. Some Seleucid coins used V in place of Y. I think the H between A &amp; T could be a N.</p><p>Rev - Marked with “X” four times at the ends of a cross (?). The cross is formed with four Vs projecting from a corner to the corner directly across from it. Each V has a dot. Surmounted by an attached loop and a twisted ring for suspension. Some deposits. (I do not know of a weight with 40 units (XXXX) and a weight of 21 grams.) Intact.</p><p>Edge - three drill points per side. Otherwise the edges are flat.</p><p>The weight of the piece represents a debased Uncia weight from the late Eastern Empire (with debasement at about 80% of the official weight.).</p><p>21.14 g, the hanging ring weighs 2.9 grams</p><p>25 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochos X Eusebes, Seleucid King issued the following weight - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458723[/ATTACH] </p><p>to the left of the anchor is - BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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