Hi. Here is a beautiful little bronze cuboid
weight. Can anyone give me an opinion on the date and
weight system in use. This was a surface find from the beach at
Caesarea so it could be almost any era. The divisions of the
weight don't seem to match either the
Islamic Dirhem and Dinar fractions, so it may be more consistent with the
Roman or
Byzantine material, but I am just starting to learn about these so I am not sure. Thanks, Jimi
Islamic?
Weight BCC BW12
Bronze
Marked with a total of 10 “bird’s eye” concentic
circlepunch marks: 4 on one
side, and 2 on three sides.
The other 2 sides are blank.
Cubiod shape: 12.25 x 12.0 x 11.5mm.
14.12gm.