Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight Mary Scheier which fits very tightly (I

which fits very tightly (I started to remove it

with very light spotting to the surface of the lacquer visible under bright light

Each measures approximately 6 5/8" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/8"

Tear and some scattered staining as evident--but actually perhaps the tear makes it better

Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight Mary Scheier which fits very tightly (II'm no expert on late Roman early Byzantine bronze weights to say the least, but I am rather obsessed with this one, finding it a wonderfully mysterious, miraculous, and beautiful tiny thing. I purchased it from a favorite shop (very beautiful itself) in Vermont, where one of the two owners s himself obsessed and quite knowledge about these sorts of things. I haven't dug very deep, but from what I understand small bronze weights like this were used as