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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2881565, member: 75525&quot;]I won a one Roman pound, 12 uncia, one (libra) As weight from CNG last week. It arrived yesterday and it is BIG, 332 grams of bronze. The shape is two, truncated, oval cones placed back to back; Oval = 53.5 / 49.6 diameter &amp; 24.6 mm tall. The weight has inscriptions and a face punched into the weight.</p><p>Obv - Face right, EX.BMC.SC inscribed clockwise around top half</p><p>Rev - L punched into center (I think it could be an I which was the letter for one pound = As during the early Roman Republic.)</p><p><b>Anyone here recognize the face (better pic below) or inscription?</b></p><p>The seller&#039;s pic - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690763[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell that I need another book or two on the subject of weights. The book I use, Scales &amp; Weights by Bruno Kisch, has several tables with letters for this weight:</p><ul> <li>1 Pound = A (all of the forms of A found on Roman Republican coins) = 12 ounces (uncia)</li> <li>1 As (poundo) = I = 327.45 grams</li> <li>1 Libra (as) = 12 ounces = 327.45 grams</li> </ul><p>Suggestions would be appreciated. I have unsuccessfully looked for - Byzantine Weights: An Introduction; Book by Simon Bendall; Originally published in 1996. I found the book on two web sites (Vcoins and one other), but it was sold when I checked. I did not find it on Amazon. BW by Bendall is given as a reference on many of the weights I have seen on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a half As weight = 6 Uncia with inscriptions also.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690776[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690777[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>154 grams of bronze. The shape is two, truncated, circular cones placed back to back. The piece has inscriptions punched into the top.</p><p>Obv - VNCIA (and something after A), top row; VI, bottom row; center dot surrounded by a circle.</p><p>Rev - center dot surrounded by a circle.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few of the items that have arrived recently:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690783[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690784[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit more is on my blog.</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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