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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3674493, member: 75525&quot;]An interesting lot from CNG arrived this week. It is a one Libra weight from the late Roman or early Byzantine Empire. I have collected weights less time than coins, and have less background information on the subject. I noticed one source called the A to the left of the cross L I in ligature. Early Roman Republican coins often use that form of A. I have not seen the A called L I before, but it makes sense to me. The gamma shown in the bottom picture is really O U in ligature for the Greek work for ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your early Roman coins with different forms of A.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]987218[/ATTACH] </p><p>Romano - Byzantine One Pound Commercial Weight, 4th-6th centuries. Æ</p><p>Obv - Cross flanked by ÎA (some say Î is LI in ligature = one Roman pound or Libra); all within wreath</p><p>Rev - Blank.</p><p>Cf. Bendall 51.</p><p>VF, green-brown surfaces, a few scrapes.</p><p>323.8 grams, or close to a Roman Pound (As or Libra) of 327 grams. </p><p>56 X 56 mm</p><p>Note, several similar weights are in the British Museum and are listed in pondera here:</p><p><a href="https://pondera.uclouvain.be/search/?chronological_period_criteria=13&amp;mint_criteria=&amp;authority_criteria=&amp;denom_criteria=31&amp;material_criteria=&amp;shape_criteria=&amp;iconography_criteria=&amp;region_criteria=&amp;site_criteria=&amp;poa_region_criteria=&amp;poa_city_criteria=&amp;collection_criteria=14&amp;biblio_criteria=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pondera.uclouvain.be/search/?chronological_period_criteria=13&amp;mint_criteria=&amp;authority_criteria=&amp;denom_criteria=31&amp;material_criteria=&amp;shape_criteria=&amp;iconography_criteria=&amp;region_criteria=&amp;site_criteria=&amp;poa_region_criteria=&amp;poa_city_criteria=&amp;collection_criteria=14&amp;biblio_criteria=" rel="nofollow">https://pondera.uclouvain.be/search/?chronological_period_criteria=13&amp;mint_criteria=&amp;authority_criteria=&amp;denom_criteria=31&amp;material_criteria=&amp;shape_criteria=&amp;iconography_criteria=&amp;region_criteria=&amp;site_criteria=&amp;poa_region_criteria=&amp;poa_city_criteria=&amp;collection_criteria=14&amp;biblio_criteria=</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing this weight to a few others in my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]987219[/ATTACH] </p><p>The early As from the wheel series is not that close to one Roman pound at 204 grams. Both are heavy to hold, but the coin is noticeably lighter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]987222[/ATTACH] </p><p>This group shows a barrel weight of 328 grams from a time period I can not guess. That shape was used for centuries. I date the bottom middle and right weights to 300 AD plus or minus a century or two. Both are near to 327 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]987227[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This group shows 3, 2 and 1 ounce weights. The cast coin in the upper right is a one uncia and weighs 12 grams, or less than half a Roman ounce (27 grams).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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