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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Denomination
50 Libras
Material
Serpentine
Manufacture
Carved
Shape
Truncated sphere or similar (truncated spheroid, truncated double cone, etc.)
Length
23.00 cm
Width
22.50 cm
Height
14.40 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
16232.00 - - (scientific litterature) No No Yes
Iconography
Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
Finger
Duck Shaped Head
Wear
Corrosion
Handle
Yes
Suspension hole
Yes
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Latin Incised Denomination
Fac simile

L

Edition
L (librae)
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Spain: Cuenca
Findspot (site)
Huete
context
Cerro de Baráñez.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
City
Date of first acquisition
circumstances
Donated by Quintín Toledo in 1860.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
ROMAN
Time frame
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Royal Academy of History (Madrid) None 446
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
Hübner 1862 544-545 None None None
Hultsch 1862 157 None None None
CIL II 660 4962, 1a None None
García López 1903 494 446 None None
Fita Colomé 1904 253-255 None None None
Abascal Palazón and Gimeno Pascual 2000 113–114 146a fig. None
Almagro Gorbea 2001 234-235 63 None None
Cebrían Fernández and Hortelano Uceda 2017 216 None None None
VARIA
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