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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Denomination
2 Uncias
Material
Copper alloy (bronze or brass)
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Truncated sphere or similar (truncated spheroid, truncated double cone, etc.)
Length
2.60 cm
Width
2.60 cm
Height
1.50 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
-
Iconography
Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
Wear
Corrosion
Handle
No
Suspension hole
No
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
Berlin Antiquities collection : « Gewicht in Form einer Kugelzone mit in Silber eingelegter lateinischer Inschrift: EX.A.CA = ex(actum ad) a(edem) Ca(storis) : Zweiunzenstück. »
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Latin Incised Standard
Fac simile

:

EX A CA

Edition
: (unciae) // Ex(actum) a(d) Ca(storis aedem)
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Italy: Lazio: Roma
Findspot (site)
Rome / Roma [Roma]
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
Italy: Lazio: Roma
City
Rome / Roma [Roma]
Date of first acquisition
Dec. 31, 1899
circumstances
Luciani and Lucchelli 2016: Giunto a Berlin nel 1899 tramite mercato antiquario.
Berlin Antiquities collection: Erwerbungsort: Rom (Italien) Erwerbungsdatum: 1899 Erwerbung von: Unbekannt, aber laut Erwerbungsbericht von Vorbesitzer: E. Pernice; der Greifswalder Archäologe Professor Dr. Erich Pernice (1864 - 1945).
Kekulé von Stradonitz 1899: Der Sammlung antiker Bronzen und Miscellaneen gingen als Geschenke zu: […] von Herrn Dr. Pernice neun romische Gewichte aus Bronze und Stein, darunter eins mit der silbereingelegten Inschrift EX * A CA d. h. ex(actum) (ad) a(edem) Ca(storis).
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
ROMAN
Time frame
FROM 1 TO 300
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Berlin Antiquities Collection Dec. 31, 1899 Misc. 8733
Pernice Collection None None
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
von Schleinitz 1898–1899 472 None None Non vidi
Kekulé von Stradonitz 1899 36 None None None
Pernice 1904 46 III.31 None None
Lieb 2004 132 None None note 31; Non vidi
Luciani and Lucchelli 2016 280 12 None None
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