Friday 15 February 2013

Roman Ounce Lead Weights

To ensure correct quantities of foodstuffs being allocated, the Romans used a series of weights. Those shown below are smaller ones, marked with their value in Roman ounces - unciae. The Roman ounce weighed slightly less that the British Imperial ounce, equalling 27.25 grams.





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  1. Aqueduct Numismatics15 August 2017 at 14:29

    Interesting set of weights! I collect Roman coins. Rome produced cast bronze coins based on the Roman pound = 12 unciae = 27.25 grams. One pound was 327 grams, or 12 X 27.25 grams.
    You can see an As and other cast Roman pieces here:
    http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/12/aes-money-from-republican-rome-and.html

    I saw an older (1000 - 800 BC) set of Jewish scale weights this year at an auction. They are shown here:
    http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2017/04/old-scale-weights.html

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