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Weight ?

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kitov:
Brass,40/7 mm
78,40 gr.Please help me for id.

wileyc:
Byzantine Quadrans commercial weight I think.
better picture might help



cw

here is similar weight


kitov:
Thanks

Basil:
It is definitely a Byzantine commercial weight to 3 ounces. Long cross between  :Greek_Gamma:- :Greek_Gamma: . Slightly underweight.
Basil

stevex6:
That's a neat OP example ...

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Ummm curious, is the scraggly-cross that's etched into the reverse merely graffiti that was added later-on? (super cool)

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