437, Lot: 657. Estimate $150. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BYZANTINE, Commercial and Coin Weights and Stamps. 7th to 8th centuries. Æ Solidus Weight (16mm, 4.36 g, 12h). Engraved pair of crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing busts, cross above / Engraved Moneta standing left, holding scales; star above; vine or tree to right. Cf. Bendall,
Weights 109 (for a similar example, but engraved ΔI/KЄ [
just] on rev.). VF, earthen dark green patina.