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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4544824, member: 75525&quot;]Great Siliqua&#039;s [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] and others. I do not have late silver coins like yours, but I did win a scale weight in a recent auction that is part of a similar bronze coin. The reverse inscription is on several coins. I do not recognize the bust. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125199[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Weight, Circa 5th-7th centuries. Weight of 1 Nomisma (Bronze, 13x13 mm, 4.33 g, 6 h), a square coin weight for a solidus made from a 4th century follis. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed imperial bust to right. Rev. VOT V / MVLT / X within wreath. Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>This weight was made from a follis dating to the 360s-370s, perhaps of Jovian or Valentinian I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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