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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

4.87 cm

Width

4.87 cm

Height

1.21 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
162.25	-	-	Measured by Bendeguz Tobias	No	No	Yes
162.25	-	-	(scientific literature)	No	No	No

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Cross above marks of value
Wreath: line

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Commercial weight. Disc. Gewicht wurde sekundär umgearbeitet. Iconography: Cross above marks of value. Wreath: line.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
		Denomination, Unidentified

Fac simile

Ϛ Λ

Edition

Ο(ὐ)γ(κίαι) ϛ´. | Λ

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

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
National Library of France (Paris)	None	Bronze 2269a (ex L.4455)

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Babelon and Blanchet 1895	None	2269a	None	(handwritten note in the BnF copy available on http://gallica.bnf.fr/)
Dieudonné 1931	12	7	pl. I/6	None

VARIA

Additional comment

N.A. 2269a. 1895 von Paul Huard et Guillemin erworben.

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