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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Quintus Junius Rusticus
Mint
Denomination
10 Libras
Material
Basalt
Manufacture
Carved
Shape
Truncated sphere or similar (truncated spheroid, truncated double cone, etc.)
Length
13.70 cm
Width
13.70 cm
Height
9.90 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
3180.00 - - Berlin Antiquites collection No No Yes
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
Antikensammlung: Gewicht aus schwarzem Stein mit lateinischer Inschrift EX AVCT Q IVNI RUSTICI PRF VR.
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Latin Incised Authority, Standard
Fac simile

EX AUCT Q IUNI RUSTICI PRF UR

Edition
Ex auct(oritate) Q(uinti) Iuni Rustici pr(ae)f(ecti) Ur(bi)
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Findspot (site)
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
Italy: Lazio: Roma
City
Rome / Roma [Roma]
Date of first acquisition
Dec. 31, 1696
circumstances
Antikensammlung: Vorbesitzer: Slg. Bellori; Giovan Pietro Bellori (1613 – 1696). Das Objekt fand sich am 5. 6. 2007 unter der Nr. Z 237 im Zyperndepot (Pergamon-Museum) wieder.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
ROMAN
Time frame
FROM 163 TO 167
Comments on Chronology
Hamrouni and Naddari 2018 : 163-167 apr. J.-C. ou légèrement après, mais pas au-delà de l’année 168 apr. J.-C. La liste prosopographique des praefecti Vrbi fait connaître le successeur de Q. Iunius Rusticus, celui de l’année 167 ou 168 apr. J.-C., L. Sergius Paulus.
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Bellori collection None None
Pergamon Museum None Z 237
Berlin Antiquities Collection None Fr. 933 (D. c. 1)
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
Beger 1704 None None 135 None
Friederichs 1871 210 933 None None
Heres 1979 5;32 None None None
Vaiani 2002 126 111 146, fig. 160 None
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