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LOT 0585
Roman Bronze Trade Weight
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (351 grams, 10.4 cm).
Comprising a spherical body with shank and pierced knop finial; old collector's label with inked 'ancient Roman / 1st cent. / Exe. minster'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North London, UK, collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK.
Literature
Cf. similar (but not identical) steelyard weight in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.00.13.8.
Footnotes
The weight was inserted inside the shaft of a steelyard arm, calibrated on three or more sides with lines and Roman numerals, each providing different scales of pondera (weights).
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