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Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
5th-7th century
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Other (Height x Width x Depth): 12.36 × 12.49 × 3.51 mm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)
Weight: 4.33 gm
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8256
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionBronze, square in form; engraved on the obverse with the denominational mark N; the reverse is blank.
ProvenanceAcquired in Athens by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Boston; 1901, sold by Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1901)