Sonderheft Nr. 16, Sept. 2013 - Late Antiquity Weights, by Klaus Weber. Download - herunterladbare Datei (Pdf)

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Beiheft 15 / 2013, 136 Pages, many colored pictures

English translation of Beiheft 15, by Dr. Ludwig Ramacher

By Klaus Weber

Table of contents

1. PREFACE ................................................................................. 8

2. COINS WERE MODIFIED TO WEIGHTS ............................................ 10

2.1 WHY HAVE COINS BEEN USED? .................................................. 10

2.2 WHICH EVIDENCE IS OBTAINED FROM THE HOST COINS ................. 12

3. WEIGHT VERSUS GAME PIECE........................................................ 18

3.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................... 18

3.2 THE ABRITUS FIND ................................................................. 20

3.3 COINS EX DAMNATIO MEMORIAE .............................................. 21

4. MANUFACTURING ..................................................................... 22

4.1 VARITY OF SHAPES ................................................................... 23

4.2 MARKING OF THE WEIGHTS ...................................................... 37

4.3 CALIBRATION......................................................................... 39

5. CONCLUSION ............................................................................40

6. DOCUMENTATION OF THE MATERIAL ........................................... 40

6.1 COMPILATION ....................................................................... 41

6.2 COMPILATION OF PICTURES ................................................... 47

6.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE MATERIAL ................................................ 61

7. LITERATUR ......................................................................... 124

9. ADDENDA .............................................................................. 128

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