LOT 0833 Roman Bread Stamp of Kara
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1st century AD. A rectangular stamp (signaculum) with raised Greek inscription in reverse over one line, reading 'XAPA'; a female proper noun (KARA, meaning joy); reverse loop still partially preserved. See D. Manacorda, 'Appunti sulla bollatura in età romana,' in The Inscribed Economy, ed. W. V. Harris (Ann Arbor, 1993) 37-54; Loreti E.M. Signacula bronzei dell'Antiquarium comunale di Roma, in: Epigrafia della produzione e della distribuzione Actes de la VIIe Rencontre franco-italienne sur l'épigraphie du monde romain (Rome, 5-6 juin 1992), Rome: École Française de Rome, 1994, pp.645-653 (Publications de l'École française de Rome, 193"). 68.7 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). From a private collection formed in the Netherlands; previously in a European collection formed prior to 1980.
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