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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26053200, member: 92212&quot;]re: the 3 different weights pictured....</p><p><br /></p><p>...I don&#039;t know anything about the first one (the round barrel shaped one).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>...I would be quite surprised if the 2nd one (square; with a clear Christian Cross) was Islamic.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>...The 3rd one, (square with a large &quot;N&quot;), is almost surely late Roman-Byzantine, with the &quot;N&quot; representing &quot;numisma&quot;.&nbsp; Weights #352 &amp; #356 on page 213 of David Hendin&#039;s book titled, <u>Ancient Scale Weights and Pre-Coinage Currency of the Near East</u>, ISBN: 978-0-9654029-4-1, are HIGHLY similar, and are cited as &quot;1 numisma&quot; weights, with an average weight of 4.12 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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