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Histogram of the mass of 271 Byzantine glass weights.
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posted on 2016-12-13, 18:57 authored by Nadine Schibille, Andrew Meek, Bendeguz Tobias, Chris Entwistle, Mathilde Avisseau-Broustet, Henrique Da Mota, Bernard GratuzeThe mass distribution of Byzantine glass weights from the British Museum (BM) and the Biblothèque nationale de France (BnF) coincide roughly with the weight values of Byzantine gold coinage: 4.5 g (nomisma), 2.25 g (semissis), 1.5 g (tremissis). Data were binned at 0.1 g intervals.
