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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4566697, member: 75525&quot;]A recent purchase is a 2 ounce bronze weight with an inscription. The inscription is either V or C. I suspect the weight had other letters, but environmental damage, over cleaning and a layer of laquer added after cleaning keeps me from seeing more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman two ounce bronze commercial weight with some of the original silver inlay. The size is correct for a 2 ounce weight (52.0 g; 22.9 X 17.1 mm). I can see what looks like a V. The rest of the inscription, if there was one, is missing. Based on the weights shown below, I would expect a legend that includes 2 to 4 of the letters: VNCIA (VN, VNCI, etc.) and a Roman number 2 – II.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller calls the inscription a C. Bruno Kisch in <i>Scales and Weights</i>, describes weights from the Temple of Castor in Rome. The temple housed sets of standard weights. They had inscriptions: CASTO, CAST, CAS, CA, etc. I have not found any pictures of a weight with C... on line. The letter on my weight could be a C, but it looks more like a V to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pictures below were taken with different cameras and light sources in an attempt to see an inscription. I could not see any more in hand with a loop. </p><p>[ATTACH]1130789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1130786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1130790[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1130791[/ATTACH] </p><p>VN / II, two ounce weight from British Museum</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130788[/ATTACH] </p><p>VNCI / III - 3 ounce and V ??? - 2 ounce weights</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1130792[/ATTACH] </p><p>VNCIA S / VI - 6 ounce (Semis) weight</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1130793[/ATTACH] </p><p>The scale weight came with a 2 dot aes grave (52.7 grams). The weights are similar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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