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Antiquities Discussion Forums => Weights and Scales => Topic started by: NIKSOL on March 03, 2019, 12:42:15 pm

Title: small round weight for identification
Post by: NIKSOL on March 03, 2019, 12:42:15 pm

bronze 9.3gram/ 2cm

Title: Re: small round weight for identification
Post by: glebe on March 03, 2019, 07:09:12 pm

This is another Byzantine style discoid "coinweight" from c.7th cent. or later.
N Gamma means 3 nomisma, i.e, the weight of 3 solidi.

This means this piece is underweight, as it should be c.13 gm, not 9.3 gm.

Ross G.

Title: Re: small round weight for identification
Post by: Basil on March 04, 2019, 11:59:58 am

your weight = 9,3 g
N = 1 nomisma = 4.45 g
N :Greek_Gamma: = 3 nomismata = 13.35 g

These weights are occasionally slightly underweight. Your weight has been removed from the profile of the reverse. Traces of the profile are still visible (hole in the center). The weight loss is thus approx. 4 g .The reason for the subsequent processing is clearly fraud.
Basil

Title: Re: small round weight for identification
Post by: NIKSOL on March 05, 2019, 01:31:47 am

Thank you my friends for the valuable help, be good +++