Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.10 cm

2.10 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
--- One imperial bust

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): hellgelb. Iconography: No cross. No wreath. One imperial bust.
CPAI III/2: Middle of the 6th - 7th century. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a silver coin (light miliarense). Glass, 21 x 5 mm; 2.40 g. Inv. no. PMA 1087. Acquired in 2005. Description: Pale-yellow coloured round weight with a central impression of an anonymous dignitary. The number of yellow glass weights with anonymous dignitaries is much smaller than the number of those made of dark blue glass. Not a single one has yet been found in an archaeological context. Glass tesserae stamped in several cases on both sides with busts already occur in Roman period Egypt. They were made out of pale-green and yellow glass.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 1087

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	718	pl. 191	None

2005 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Ref.: Dattari 1901: 436f.; pl. 37; Froschner 1982: 61 no. 1400; Wamser - Zahlhaas 1998: 165; 163 fig. 215; Jungfleisch 1932: 247 C.M. 42; pl. 1.