Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.20 cm

2.20 cm

0.55 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
3.20	-	-	(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: 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a gold coin (solidus/20 carat). Glass, 22 x 5.5 mm; 3.20 g. Inv. no. PMA 1189. Acquired in 2005. Description: Dark-blue coloured round weight with a central impression. The cruciform monogram is composed of the letters M on the left, A at the bottom, K on the right, and the ligature  at the top. If we read a P within the O of the ligature, the monogram can be read as MAPK, MAVPIKl or MAKPl. Without a rho the names nAKIMcS, KAIOVM or KAMOVK are possible. A similar retrograde monogram is found on a belt buckle dated to the 7th century. Light-weight solidi of 20 carat with an actual mass of about 3.20 g are known from the time of Heraclius and Constans II.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

ΑΗΚΟΥ

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 1189

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	727	pl. 194	None

2005 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Ref.: Houston, The Merril Collection, inv. no. 1979-24.150; Fink 1971: 315 no. 797; Adelson 1957: 169 no. 163; 170 no. 167.