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Three Coin ( Nomismata) Weight

Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
5th–7th century
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Other (Height x Width x Depth): 21.92 × 22.93 × 3.54 mm (7/8 × 7/8 × 1/8 in.)
Weight: 13.56 gm (0.01 kg)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8260
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionA coin weight (monetary weight). The weight of three gold coins is engraved as NΓ (or ‘three nomismata’)
Ν.Γ (3 solidi = 12.36 gm)
ProvenanceAcquired in Athens by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Boston; 1901, sold by Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1901)