Copper-alloy coin weight (no. 15)

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posted on 2021-10-27, 17:52 authored by Helena HamerowHelena Hamerow

Clearly has been a Roman coin but entirely ground away now and no detail, no marks.Roach Smith in Collectanea antiqua weighs 12 grains. Ashmolean Museum weight 0,743.The scales and weights M 6926.1-15 and probably also M 6926.16 are stated to have been found by the side of a skeleton (Roach Smith 1854, 12-13). – B.B.

History

Grave ID

Ozingell

Object ID

M6926o

Catalogue Number

M 6926

Material

copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; N/A) (Antiquarian Material; bronze)

Complete Keyword List (Including Alternatives)

coin weight (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; coin weight) (Antiquarian Keyword; coin weight)

Status

extant

Location

National Museums Liverpool

Collection

Mayer Collection

Original Collection

Rolfe

Category ID

scale