1 Semissis = 1/2 Nomisma = 1/2 Solidus

Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

1.90 cm

1.90 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): lila. Iconography: No cross. No wreath.
CPAI III/2: Middle of the 6th - 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a gold coin (semissis). Glass, 19 x 5 mm; 2.15 g. Inv. no. PMA 1191. Acquired in 2005. Description: Purple coloured round weight with a central impression. The cruciform monogram is composed of the letters VA on the left written in ligature, Π at the bottom, K on the right, and P at the top. The ligature on the left is not is not clearly visible, it could likely be V and A. The monogram can be read as ΠAKOVPIOV, KAΠOV, KAΠAPIOV or ΠKAPIOV. Reading a tau in the monogram, it can be resolved as ΠATPIKIOV. Reading a chi in the ligature on the left side VΠATOV KAI VΠAPXOV and VΠAPXOV KAI ΠATPIKIOV are possible solutions. A very similar monogram of Prokopios on glass weights has the ligature  on the left.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

ΚΟΠΡΥ

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 1191

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	737	pl. 198	None

2005 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Houston, The Menil Collection, inv. no. 1979-24.182.