Lot n° 663
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100 - 120
EUR
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: 100EUR
18th century MEDICINE and PHARMACY. APOTHECARY WEIGHTS. - Lot 663
18th century MEDICINE and PHARMACY. APOTHECARY WEIGHTS.
3 brass weights according to the time-value unit used by the Greeks and Romans, i.e. one ounce (oncia = 480 grains) and one drachma (drachma = 60 grains); the half ounce (oncia semis):
- 22 mm, made by J.L.B., 7.69 grams, mention "two drachms 3 i j".
-30 mm, thickness 5 mm, made by J.L.B., 15.48 grams, mention "half ounzes 3 S".
- 23 mm, thickness 9 mm, made by J.L.B., 31.13 grams "one ounzes 3 j".
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