AE donative or weight tessera, 19mm, 3.75 g. Ca. 10th century.

+ DV O in three lines.
TE TAP TWN in three lines. 

Bendall, Weights 17 note; Hendy, Studies, p. 508; Göbl, Antike 234 (tetarteron). 

VF, dark green patina, some encrustation. See CNG 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1871 for a similar piece.

The various monetiform bronze tokens are ascribed to the 
period following the introduction of the reduced weight gold 
tetarteron by Nicephorus II (963-969). If these pieces are not 
weights, they may be tesserae for the distribution of official donations.

CNG 170, Lot 297. Estimate $100.
Sold for $215.

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