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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3098289, member: 75525&quot;]My display:</p><p>from front</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783624[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From back, oops I was not supposed to put words on the back.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A good pic of a week&#039;s pay in the large pan = 3 asses per day at 327 grams per as = 15 US pounds. Note the bottom of the case was lined with copies of pages from Haberlin, Aes Grave.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783632[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Double pan balances were used for smaller items like gold and silver. This one has about half a day&#039;s pay. The weights are one As and one Semis. I overloaded the scale at about 1.25 asses and the bronze ring holding the scale bent and the pans dropped.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783633[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some steelyard scale weights.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The correct way to hold a double pan scale is shown on coins!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783647[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Knucklebones on similar ones in Haberlin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]783648[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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