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BCC MA47 Bronze Steelyard Weight or Pendant?

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v-drome:
Hi, all.  Here is a small figure, 5.62 grams, solid cast bronze and broken at the bottom, with a suspension loop.  I am wondering if it could be a steelyard weight and who it might represent.  Features are crudely rendered, and there is a cross-hatched decoration on the chest.  Any ideas on date and identity would be appreciated.  I have found quite a few weights on-line, but most of them are heavier and much more detailed, often representing Roman Gods and Goddesses, or their attendants.  Thanks for any help.  V-drome

BCC MA47
Bronze Steelyard Weight?
Roman uncertain date
Solid cast bronze figurine featuring head,
upper arms, and torso of an unidentified
person or deity.  Integrated suspension loop
at top.  Crudely fashioned facial features and
cross-hatched decoration on chest.  Lower
portion broken off.  Perhaps a sliding hanging
weight for a steelyard, or an amuletic pendant.
AE2.35 x 1.5 x 0.8cm. 5.62gm.
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1976

SC:
Nice piece.

Hard to tell which it is exactly.

The relatively large loop at the top means it would be easy to take on and off a hook - so maybe that indicates a weight is more likely, but that is just a guess.

SC

v-drome:
Thanks, Shawn.  Wish I could send you some sunshine.  Just saw that it was 23 degrees, in Ottawa!

SC:
Thanks.  Happily I am just back from a vacation so I got some sunshine recently.

Actually, 23F is quite warm for January here - could be below 0F so no complaints.

SC

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