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Lot 2977 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday 2nd August) Antiquities
Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $60
BYZANTINE WEIGHT, 5th-7th Century, barrel-shaped, 15 mm x 18 mm, bronze one Uncia (one ounce) weight (24.29 g), cylindrical with a slightly bulging center and with a flat top and bottom, the top bears a center punch flanked by the incuse cut silvered letters = one uncia (uncertain letters), (cf.Bendall P.25 for similar weights). Green and brown earthen patina with some original metal showing through, nearly fine and rare.
Ex Maurice Collection.
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