Record ID: PUBLIC-40BF24
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead steelyard weight, probably of Roman date The weight is of biconical form (with a maximum diameter of 35.1mm and a length of 32.4mm) and is incomplete, missing part of one side (with a surviving weight of 77.4g). The weight was suspended by an iron loop, which is now lost but the iron remnants are discernible at both ends. The surface is damaged and eroded with no decoration now evident. If the weight is of Roman date it may originally weighed one third of a Roman pound (libra), weighing 109.15g.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E32EE3
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead steelyard weight possibly of Roman date The lead weight is of biconical form and has lost the iron suspension loop or loops (with a surviving length of 32.3mm). The iron wire protrudes from the base of the weight and indicates the weight may have had a loop either side. The weight is widest around its midsection (with a diameter of 25.2mm) and is undecorated. The weight has few diagnostic features and weighs 54.6g which closely corresponds to one sixth of a libra (Roman pound) or a two drachma weight (54.58 g), although a 54.6g weight is also consistent with a modern 2 ounce …
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
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