I am interested in a lot sold in a Gorny & Mosch auction in 2006. It is heavy and would be the largest item in my collection at 66 pounds. I have looked in the normal pllaces I look with no luck. GM has coin and antiquities auctions. Recently antiquities have been scrubbed from some of the online numismatic databases and sellers. Weights are not on VCOINS now, boo. LARGE ROMAN STONE CENTENARIUS WEIGHT WITH HANDLE, 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Of biconical form and bearing an engraved letter 'C' to the top face; slightly concave base; iron handle showing some corrosion. 13 3/4 in. (30.3 kg, 35 cm wide). PROVENANCE: Ex Gorny & Mosch 11th July 2006, auction 150, lot 543.
I cannot see Auction 150 on this list https://www.acsearch.info/auctions.html?pre1999=&company=47 hope you can get an answer somewhere, looks like an interesting piece.
I cannot see Auction 150 on this list https://www.acsearch.info/auctions.html?pre1999=&company=47 hope you can get an answer somewhere, looks like an interesting piece.
Estimation between 2000-3000 gbp… and interesting fact: ´The letter C likely represents the Roman numeral Centenarius, or 100 Roman lbs.´Good luck.
The weight is a bit short of the 32.7 Kg expected for 327 grams per Roman pound. Roman numbers are made by combining 7 letters: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. The largest number using only these letters is: MMMCMXCIX = 3,999 Early Roman weights and coins used numbers to indicate denomination. Numbers were used for dating by regnal year on LRB and Byzantine bronze coins. Larger numbers are made by adding a line over the letters listed above.