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Offline Nassif

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Is that weight?
« on: August 22, 2014, 06:39:42 am »
Hi All;
I need a great help to ID this bronze square :26 x 26 x 8mm [very thick]-44,9 g;engraved with deity stg.,incrusted with lead with some missing;with letters in left field & in ex.Is that a Greek or Roman weight?
Thanks in advance for your great help
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Re: Is that weight?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2014, 12:25:34 pm »
Any idea about the meaning of those letters?
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Re: Is that weight?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2014, 06:49:50 pm »
I can't make any sense of them.
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Re: Is that weight?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 03:19:45 am »
Nor I, and I spent some time googling various combinations.  Even assuming the backwards N was an N or a V.

It might be some sort of magical amulet instead of a weight.  Roman and Greek magical items often have inscriptions that appear to be gibberish.

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Re: Is that weight?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 09:26:06 am »
Thanks Joe & Shawn for your contribution & help
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