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Description: | Lead Steelyard Weight. Cast teardrop shaped weight with a central moulded aperture of diameter 3.3mm. The surface is lightly patinated overall, and the loss of the suspension loop may have occurred in antiquity, as there is no trace of rust staining; adventitious scratches are post-depositional damage. The mass falls just short of six unciae or one half of a Roman libra/pound, though the operation of a steelyard poise would not demand correspondence with any particular system of measurement. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.Height: 37.4mm, Diameter: 29.4mm, Weight: 161.06gms.
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