Bendall, Simon. Byzantine Weights, An Introduction. (London, 1996).
In 68 pages which are profusely illustrated, Simon Bendall, who is one of the world 's leading experts on Byzantine coins, has taken a fragmentary subject and condensed it into a wonderful pocket size volume. The contents of this book include:
- Illustrations and Descriptions
- Bibliography
- The Weight System
- Dating
- The Issuing Authorities
- Titles - Centers and Methods of Production
- Values - Struck coin weights, fourth and fifth centuries
- Struck coin weights, late tenth to early twelfth centuries
- Spherical commercial weights
- Octagonal commercial weights
- Octagonal coin weights
- Square commercial weights
- Square coin weights
- Circular commercial weights
- Circular coin weights
- Western square weights
- Western round weights
- Square weights (?) without denominations
- Some unusual weights
- Glass weights
- Appendix: Eparchs and Perfects of Constantinople, Rome and Egypt.
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