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weight
Object Type
weight
Museum number
1982,0105.1
Description
Copper alloy weight of Theoderic, square with convex profile; inscribed on the face and sides; inlaid with silver, some missing; on the base a herring-bone wreath enclosing denominational mark; four-lobed motif in each corner.
Cultures/periods
Early Byzantine
Ostrogothic
Production date
493-526
Production place
Made in:
Rome (city)
(?)
Materials
copper alloy
silver
Type series
Entwistle H
Technique
engraved
inlaid
Dimensions
Length:
25.70 millimetres
Weight:
22.45 grammes
Width:
25.40 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Entwistle forthcoming / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum
(182)
Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections
(78)
Location
On display
(G41/dc18/sC)
Condition
Slightly patinated, worn.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Emperor Theodericus
Named in inscription:
Catulinus
Named in inscription:
Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths
Acquisition name
Purchased through:
Frank Sternberg
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Stift St Florin
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Apostolo Zeno
Acquisition date
1982
Acquisition notes
Formerly in the collection of the 18thC Italian antiquarian Apostolo Zeno, and subsequently in the collection of the Stift St Florian, Austria
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1982,0105.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 17 Oct 1994
Treatment
: 07 Mar 1985
Treatment
: 04 Jul 2002