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Islamic coin weights were made of bronze, iron, and later glass (considered to be unalterable). [1] They bear inscriptions related to Islamic rulers and moneyers and are therefore valuable epigraphical objects. [1] Coins weights were also known in the Carolingian Empire, where they were stamped with regular coin dyes to clarify their ...
A balance puzzle or weighing puzzle is a logic puzzle about balancing items—often coins—to determine which one has different weight than the rest, by using balance scales a limited number of times. The solution to the most common puzzle variants is summarized in the following table: [1]
Akan goldweights (locally known as mrammou or abrammuo) [1] are weights made of brass used as a measuring system by the Akan people of West Africa, particularly for wei and fair-trade arrangements with one another. The status of a man increased significantly if he owned a complete set of weights.
The weight correspondence of the oval-foot Nkobnkob with the high end of the round-foot range suggests that it is either the earlier variety, or contemporary with the earliest round-foots. The exclusive presence of the 'square-foot' variety of French Popo, normally scarce among circulation groups of Popos, suggests that this is the earliest ...
Bronze objects. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. B. Bronze mirrors (10 P) Bronze sculptures (9 C, 118 P) ...
These cash coins have a large dot above on the reverse side. They are made of iron and the same coin cast in bronze is extremely rare. 922: Wang Shenzhi: Kaiyuan Tongbao: 開元通寶: kāiyuán tōng bǎo: These cash coins have the character Min (Chinese: 閩; pinyin: mǐn) on the reverse. They are from the Fujian region and made of lead. Wang ...
Bronze objects (4 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Bronze" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Due to their size, iron objects and slag finds are more likely to have been removed or reused, whereas the small hammerscale flakes or spheres were most likely not removed. [ 9 ] In addition, the distribution of hammerscale within an archaeological feature can be used to partially determine the function of each region of the feature.