Roman bronze trade weight stamped as a coin – ‘per aes et libram’
£69.98
Roman bronze trade weight pressed as a coin. This item is intriguing because of the combination of its function as a weight and the impression on one of its sides as if it were a coin. This could be to add official certification as to the weight’s validity perhaps.
An equally intriguing hypothesis could lie in the term “per aes et libram” which was the legal process by which slaves were freed and involved a ceremony of a copper coin and scales.
See below for details, description and metrics.
A poem about this coin’s beauty:
“Roman coin of bronze, Weighted for trade, not to spend, Profile worn and faint.”
In Latin:
“Pondus nummorumFeminae facies dextraLegenda vetusta.“
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