1 Nomisma = 1 Solidus

Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.50 cm

2.50 cm

0.70 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): dunkelblau. Iconography: No cross. No wreath.
CPAI III/2:1st half of the 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a gold coin (solidus/23 carat). Glass, 25 x 5-7 mm; 4.25 g. Inv. no. PMA 1760. Acquired in 2006. Description: Blue coloured, transparent round weight with a central impression. The cruciform monogram is composed of the letters M on the left, Γ and Θ at the bottom, E on the right, and the ligature  at the top. The M on the right is not clear and could be an H, too. If it is an M, the monogram can be resolved as MEΓEΘΙ.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

ΓΕΗΘΟΥ

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 1760

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	732	pl. 196	None

2006 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Ref.: Schlumberger 1895: 68 no. 14; Canav 1985: 91 no. 153; Baybo 2005: 227 no. 73 and 75; 237 fig. 73 and 75.