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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3848366, member: 75525&quot;]An interesting barrel weight collection arrived this week. I bought the lot because it has a one Roman pound weight with AA. I have a few 1 pound weights, but this one is probably the oldest.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020308[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From left to right, top to bottom:</p><p>As or Libra, 12 ounce, 327.7 grams vs a standard of 327.45</p><p>Semis, 6 ounce, 155.4 grams = 311 equivalent As</p><p>Semis, 6 ounce, 163 grams - 326 equivalent As</p><p>Quadrans, 3 ounce, 82.6 = 330 equivalent As</p><p>Sextans, 2 ounce, 46.9 = 281 equivalent As</p><p>Uncia, 1 ounce, 25.1 = 301 equivalent As</p><p>Uncia, 1 ounce, 26.5 = 318 equivalent As</p><p>Semiuncia, ½ ounce, 12.5 = 300 equivalent As</p><p>Sicilius, ¼ ounce, 6.6 = 317 equivalent As</p><p>?, 1/8 ounce, 3.3 = 317 equivalent As</p><p><br /></p><p>The AA As is the piece I wanted most. The second piece I &quot;really&quot; wanted is the VN I or one uncia weight. How many items are needed to justify buying a lot. In this case, one. </p><p><br /></p><p>BALANCES AND WEIGHTS</p><p>Late antique Byzantine. According to Bendall, two of the weights are Roman and 8 of the weights are late Roman to early Byzantine. The earlier weights indicate denominations in VNCIA (ounces). The later weights use Greek letters and monograms. ૪ = OY in monogram, OY is an abbreviation for ΟΥΝΓΓΙΑ = UNCIA or ounce. When paired with ૪ the weight denominations are:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; ૪A = 1 ounce</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; ૪B = 2 ounces</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; ૪ Γ = 3 ounces</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; ૪C = 6 ounces, I do not have the symbol to type here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lot of 10 bronze barrel weights, 8 inlaid with silver, denominations: 1/8th uncia (ounce) to one Libra (Roman pound).&nbsp; </p><p>Dimensions are Height = 7 to 33 mm. Diameter = 9 to 43 mm.</p><p>Most have intact silver</p><p>Since the early 1980s in German private collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some comparison pictures of scale weights of different time periods and next to cast coins of the same denomination.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020312[/ATTACH]</p><p>semis on the left and sextans on right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020315[/ATTACH] </p><p>a semis weight with VI from a previous purchase, I think it is the oldest weight</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020318[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1020316[/ATTACH]</p><p>One As six ways. All of the scale weights are near a standard As of 327 grams. The cast coin is near 200 grams and the struck one is about 35 grams.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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