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Description: | A complete cast lead alloy trading weight, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1300 ?? 1500 (diameter: 36mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 54.01g). A flat-sectioned circular weight with a slight rim/ border around the outside edge on both sides. Only one side of the artefact is decorated with a double-concentric circle (outer diameter: 19.5mm; inner diameter: 15.5mm; width between circles: 1mm). It is difficult to identify if there is further detail within the circles. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition. Similar examples are illustrated in Biggs, N & Withers, P, 2000, ??Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection??, page 25, ref nos 44-48, described as ??two ounces???. Biggs & Withers state (page 22) that this concentric circular design is ??very easy to produce when casting round lead weights and consists of one or more circles placed centrally. The Rogers Collection contained several examples of this design. It is clear that these specimens are related by their design, not necessarily by function or date. The ??two-ounce?? denomination appears to form the majority, but this may be a coincidence.?? | Subjects: | trade weight | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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