Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

WEIGHTS
All in fiche catalogue are of copper alloy (Fig 105; 2510-2515)
2513 SF BKC 3643(C), J352 F128. Posthole. Periods 3/4/5a. Disc-shaped
?weight. Diameter 15.5 mm. thickness 2.5 mm. Weight 2.4 gm (37.052 gr)»
possibly for 1/123 of a Celtic pound. (The Celtic pound could be divided
not only into ounces. but also into progressive multiples of 1/2 (Waugh
and Goodburn 1972. 160),
2514 SF BKC 4350(C), N297 F86. Period 6. Disc-shaped ?weight. Diameter
17.5 mm. thickness 3.5 mm. Weight 6.0 gm (92.631 gr)» possibly for six
scruples (1/4 oz),
2515 SFBUC 1111(C), E305L7. Destruction debris. Probably first half of
the 5th century. Disc-shaped ?weight. Diameter 10.0 mm. thickness
1.5 mm. weight 0.7 gm (10.307 gr), This object derives from a context
which produced 26 mid to late 4th-century coins. including several
copies. In size it is commensurate with these coins. and could perhaps
be a makeweight connected in some way with coinage. rather than a weight
for use with scales. At 0.7 gm it weighs well below one scruple and
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seems too well-preserved for one scruple to have been its intended weight.