Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight Mary Scheier 4 3/4" long

4 3/4" long

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

like this terrific vintage Modernist/Brutalist cast bronze brooch

the basic goal is to grab one jack while throwing the ball in the air then letting it bounce once and catching it

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

Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight Mary Scheier 4 3/4" longI'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