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A NEW WEIGHT FROM HISTRIA
A NEW WEIGHT FROM HISTRIA

Author(s): Stela Gramaticu
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Muzeului Municipiului Bucuresti
Keywords: bronze weight; Histria; eight of a mine; weight standard;

Summary/Abstract: The author describes a bronze weight of one eighth of a mine (66,5 g) from Histria, present in the internet offer of an auction house. It seems to be produced using the same mold as a weight present in the Ashmolean Museum’s collection. Both pieces fall within the 580 g weight standard used in Histria between 330 to 300 B.C.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 144-147
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English