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Coin weight (6 nomisma)
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
5th–7th century
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Other (Height x Width x Depth): 19.94 × 22.7 × 8.11 mm (13/16 × 7/8 × 5/16 in.)
Weight: 26.45 gm
Weight: 26.45 gm
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8302
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionA square weight. The weight of six gold coins is engraved as NS (or ‘six nomismata’).
Provenance1899, sale, Helbing, Munich, lot 425, to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Boston; 1901, sold by Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1901)