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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Denomination
6 Uncias
Material
Copper alloy (bronze or brass)
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)
Length
4.90 cm
Width
- cm
Height
1.30 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
160.80 - - CPAI III/2 No No Yes
Iconography
Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
Wear
Corrosion
Handle
No
Suspension hole
No
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
CPAI III/2: Discoid form with triple convex grooved profile; with raised rim and centring points on the top and profile; with raised rim and centring points on the top and bottom; punched on the top with the denominational mark Ϛ between the stylized ivy patterns above and below. The bottom is blank. It is a six-ounkia (ounkia 26.80 g). Patinated.
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Denomination
Fac simile

Ϛ

Edition
Ο(ὐ)γ(γίαι) ϛ´.
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Findspot (site)
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
City
Date of first acquisition
circumstances
CPAI III/2: Acquired in 2007.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE
Time frame
Comments on Chronology
CPAI III/2: AD 6th-7th centuries.
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul) Dec. 31, 2007 PMA 2836
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
CPAI III/2 None 162 pl. 44 None
VARIA
Additional comment
CPAI III/2: [Mint:] Eastern Mediterranean / Aegean. Ref.: Bendall 1996: no. 114; Pottier 2004: pl. III, no. 7; Minchev 2008: no. 99, fig. 61 (face motifs in all three refs. are different).
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