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Roman lead bread stamp
Lead stamp used for marking loaves of bread. The inscription is retrograde and in raised lettering, made by casting. The impression from the stamp reads:
QVINTINI AQVILAE
Translation: The century of Quintinius Aquila
Each century of 80 men, baked its own bread, in communal ovens outside the barrack blocks. These stamps would have shown who owned the bread when it came out of the oven. This object was found during excavations of the barracks at Caerleon in the 1920s.
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© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
32.60/6.1
Find Information
Site Name: Prysg Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1927-1929
Acquisition
Donation, 6/2/1932
Measurements
length / mm:133
width / mm:57
thickness / mm:13
Material
lead
Location
Caerleon: Case 21 Diet
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