I recently bought this coin because of curiosity. The
reverse of this coin (probably a Cilician AE 2nd/1st century BC) has been polished clean and small dots are
engraved into it. From the photo, this reminded me of
Byzantine weights. The
weight of this coin is 6.65g, which fits in the
Byzantine system of
weights well as 1/48 of the pound, 1.5 solidius or 32 siliquae. I am certainly no expert on
weights,
Byzantine or any other, so my questions are:
1 Is this all a little far fetched - are there exampled of coins recycled as
weights?
2 If so, what could be
engraved on the
reverse?
Regards,
Gert