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Islamic Weight with Inscription 2
« on: October 18, 2013, 05:18:59 pm »
Hi.  Here is a small bronze weight with inscription and punch marks from Caesarea Maritima.  Any opinions on the translation would be appreciated.  Regards, V-drome.

Islamic Weight  BCC BW7
Bronze
1/2 Dirhem
Obv: Arabic inscription stamped in relief.
Rev: Three dots , punch marks indicating
3/6ths of a dirhem.
8.0 x 7.5 x 3.0 mm
1.44gm.

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Re: Islamic Weight with Inscription 2
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2013, 01:15:56 am »
This is an Umayyad AE weight .
The two words are: معير واف
which means " a complete standard"

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Re: Islamic Weight with Inscription 2
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2013, 02:21:52 am »
 :) Thank you, so much.  It is very interesting that the words are stamped in the negative.  When I flipped the photo I could see it.  A great deal of care seems to have gone into making these beautiful weights.  Jimi

 

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