ela126 Posted December 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 1, 2023 I purchased this piece off eBay a month or two ago and cleaned it, revealing a rather nice silver inlay for OA which I understand is the Roman abbreviation for 1 Roman ounce, specifically 27.11g on this piece, I believe it has a Bendall 23 attribution. Not knowing a ton about weights, is this a nicer one? Should I treasure it more than the $8.00 with shipping eBay price leads me to value it? Do other Byzantine collectors also have some weights in their collection? 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted December 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 1, 2023 How much does it weigh in grams 🤔? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ela126 Posted December 1, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Al Kowsky said: How much does it weigh in grams 🤔? 27.11g 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glebe Posted December 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) Good value for a 1 ounce Roman barrel weight. Bendall 23 is actually a set of such weights - Bendall 33 is a more specific attribution. The tied OV stands for Ounkia and A is 1, so (oddly) the bronze Roman barrel weights were mostly marked in Greek. For more examples of such weights see the Pondera online database here: https://pondera.uclouvain.be/ Ross G. Edited December 1, 2023 by Glebe 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ela126 Posted December 2, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 On 12/1/2023 at 5:25 PM, Glebe said: Good value for a 1 ounce Roman barrel weight. Bendall 23 is actually a set of such weights - Bendall 33 is a more specific attribution. The tied OV stands for Ounkia and A is 1, so (oddly) the bronze Roman barrel weights were mostly marked in Greek. For more examples of such weights see the Pondera online database here: https://pondera.uclouvain.be/ Ross G. Thank you for this information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voulgaroktonou Posted December 3, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/1/2023 at 9:57 AM, ela126 said: I purchased this piece off eBay a month or two ago and cleaned it, revealing a rather nice silver inlay for OA which I understand is the Roman abbreviation for 1 Roman ounce, specifically 27.11g on this piece, I believe it has a Bendall 23 attribution. Not knowing a ton about weights, is this a nicer one? Should I treasure it more than the $8.00 with shipping eBay price leads me to value it? Do other Byzantine collectors also have some weights in their collection? I've 30-40 weights, but need to photograph them! Your is a nice one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ela126 Posted December 3, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 hours ago, voulgaroktonou said: I've 30-40 weights, but need to photograph them! Your is a nice one. Thank you. Curious to see some of yours once you have a chance to photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voulgaroktonou Posted December 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/3/2023 at 3:52 PM, ela126 said: Thank you. Curious to see some of yours once you have a chance to photograph. Perhaps I can do it over the holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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