I received the news this week that Simon Bendall passed this month. I did not know him, but have one of his books, Byzantine Weights An Introduction, on the center shelf of my book case. I use the table on page 8 often. This table places weights in different time periods: Roman - late Roman / early Byzantine - Byzantine - The following note is from Shanna Schmidt's newsletter: Remembering Simon Bendall (1937-2019) I learned a few weeks ago of the passing of my old friend Simon Bendall. Simon was a scholar of Byzantine numismatics, as well as author of numerous articles and books. He was a contributing author to the numismatic staple, Byzantine Coins and Their Values by David Sear. Aside from being brilliant in his area of expertise, he also was a kind man and a lot of fun to know. I met Simon when I was a young girl as he helped to do attribution work for my father’s firm off and on. When I was in my early 20’s I had the fortune of working for a short time with Simon in London. In the last years his health was not wonderful so when I learned of his death it came as no big surprise. That said, I lament at the loss the numismatic world will experience with his passing. There is a nice article about him in this week’s Coinsweekly. Check it out here: https://coinsweekly.com/simon-bendall-1937-2019/
