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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 25479650, member: 75525&quot;]An interesting 1 Uncia (૪A) scale weight arrived today. It has letters on the top and side. I need some help translating the letters on the side: OY AΓAΠHT. </p><p>One Uncia Byzintine bronze barrell weight, 4th to 6th centuries</p><p>Obv - ૪A</p><p>Rev - blank with centering dot</p><p>Side - OY AΓAΠHT Seller translated the side to say the magistrate’s name: Agapetos.</p><p>28.0 grams; 18 x 14 mm</p><p>Can someone here translate the letters on the side? I do not find the letter combination, OY AΓAΠHT, in the scale weight web site - pondera.uclouvain.be. A google search gives lots of part numbers for electronic stuff.</p><p>I do not know how the seller read the Greek letters. When I search for Agapetos in pondera, I found one weight. The pondera description says it is a magistrate&#039;s name. </p><p>[ATTACH]1630746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1630747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1630748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1630749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1630750[/ATTACH] </p><p>The pondera weight:</p><p>ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT</p><p>AUTHORITYL. Septimius Stat[..] a.k.a. Agapetos, agoranomos (Laodicea)</p><p>MINT Laodicea ad Mare</p><p>DENOMINATION = 1 Libra = 1 Litra</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630751[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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