Roman Bronze Weight

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 10 October 2016

Roman Bronze Weight — The weight is inscribed with the numeral II and the legend TEMPL(VM) OPIS AUG(USTAE). It may be a standard weight kept at the Temple of Ops (a goddess of plenty and fertility) on the Capitol at Rome. The weight is 713.6 grams, almost exactly 2 pounds, 2 ounces of the general Roman standard. Roman, probably made in Italy, 1st century CE. (The British Museum, London).

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