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Scale Weights, 2nd-3rd Cent, Rare, 2-Pack!

Copper Alloy; Left to right: 15mm/13gm = 1/2 Unica; 18mm/27gm = 1 Unica

Con/ As Cast and Engraved

Ref/ Entwhistle Type A

Seller's Note/ A rare pair barrel-shaped spheroidal scale weights used by the Romans to measure whatever needed to be priced by value weight. Of most interest, the 1/2 Unica features two pellets within an incuse rectangle and a horizontal line below the punt mark. Unlike steelyard scales, these weight were used in a more traditional scale with two pans. See the final photo.

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