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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Denomination

1 Uncia

Material

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Truncated sphere or similar (truncated spheroid, truncated double cone, etc.)

Length

1.88 cm

Width

1.88 cm

Height

1.50 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
26.40	-	-	Dürr 1964	No	No	Yes

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Commercial weight. Truncated sphere. Iconography: No cross. No wreath.
Dürr 1964: Poids en bronze. Diam. 18,8 mm; haut. 15 mm; poids 26,40 g. Forme sphérique (pl. 15). Α incrusté d’argent. 1 once. Voir Pink, col. 89.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
		Denomination

Fac simile

Α

Edition

Οὐ(γγία) α´.

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

Dec. 31, 1956

circumstances

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Time frame

Comments on Chronology

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Art and History Museum (Geneva)	Dec. 31, 1956	CdN 032581 bis/263
Naville Collection	None	263

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Dürr 1964	83	263	pl. 15/263	None
Bendall 1996	26–27	33	fig. 33	None
Campagnolo and Weber 2015	84	176	None	None