1 Nomisma = 1 Solidus

Glass

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

2.50 cm

2.50 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Glass weight. Disc. Colour (Farbe): hellgrün. Iconography: No cross. No wreath.
CPAI III/2: End of the 6th - 7th century AD. Eastern Mediterranean. Weight for a gold coin (solidus). Glass, 25 x 5 mm; 4.35 g. Inv. no. PMA 2855. Acquired in 2007. Description: Pale-green coloured translucent glass with a central impression. The block monogram is composed of the letters MΔ. in the centre, E on the right and V and Θ at the top. The monogram can be read as ΜΕΘΟΔΙΟV.
The weight of 23 carat could indicate that it was produced not before the reign of Mauricius Tiberius who introduced the new nominal in the middle of the 580s. However, coins with this mass are also already known from the time of Justinian I.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

{monogramma}

ΔΕΜΟV

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	None	PMA 2855

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/2	None	726	pl. 194	None

2007 erworben.
CPAI III/2: Ref.: London, British Museum, P&E, inv. no. 1980,0611.7; Hahn - Metlich 2009: 46.