Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.30 cm

2.30 cm

0.60 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Wreath: line

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): rotbraun. Iconography: No cross. Wreath: line.
CPA III/2: Last third of the 6th - 1st half of the 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a silver coin (double siliqua) or a gold coin (solidus/20 carat). Glass, 23 x 4-6 mm; 3.40 g. Inv. no. PMA 482. Acquired in 2005.
Description: Black with brownish red streaks coloured, opaque round weight with a central impression. Within a circle, the retrograde block monogram is composed of the letters ΔΛ and likely an A in the centre, Ρ on the left and the genitive V and O at the top. If the letters are interpreted correctly, the monogram could be resolved as ΔΟΡVΛΑΙΟV. Due to the mas{ of the weight, which corresponds to a double siliqua (silver coin) or a light-weight solidus, we can narrow the dating from the reign of Justin II to Heraclius, when coins with this mass occur. Ref.: Published in Acara-Eser 2003: no. 62.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

Unknown-09

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 482

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Kürkman 2003	219	62	fig. 62	None
CPAI III/2	None	725	pl. 194	None

2005 erworben.