1 Tremissis = 1/3 Nomisma = 1/3 Solidus

Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

1.80 cm

1.80 cm

0.30 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
1.55	-	-	(scientific literature)	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Wreath: line

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): dunkelblau. Iconography: No cross. Wreath: line.
CPAI III/2: 1st half of the 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a silver coin (light siliqua) or a gold coin (tremissis). Glass, 18 x 3 mm; 1.55 g. Inv. no. PMA 2866. Acquired in 2007. Description: Dark-blue coloured round weight with a central impression. In a circle, the cruciform monogram is composed of the letters H on the left, A at the bottom, K on the right, and the ligature  at the top. The monogram can be read as HPAKΛl, the name of the Byzantine Emperor (610-641). Similar weights were found in a deposit in Sardis. At the right arm of the monograms of the Sardis glass weights, a pendant bar occurs in addition that can be interpreted as the letter pi or gamma. The monogram can also be found on Byzantine silver stamps.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

ΑΗΚΟΥ

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 2866

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	728	pl. 195	None

2007 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Ref.: Markoff 1910: 640 no. 13; pl. 31; Cruikshank Dodd 1961: tab. 2 no. 69-70; Fink 1971, 239 no. 322; Fulghum - Heintz 1998: SEG 49, 1999: no. 1682.