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Description: | Complete copper alloy circular trade weight of the Georgian period (Biggs 1992, 52). Diameter at the rim 23mm, diameter at the base 21.5mm, overall thickness 4mm. Weight 12.66g. (0.447ozs.). A raised flat rim is about 2.5mm in width.The upper surface of the weight is stamped with a sword at 10 o'clock, the sword of St Paul (for the City of London), "G" with a crown above (for King George) at 3 o'clock and an ewer (for the Founder's Company, makers of weights) at 6 o'clock. The base of the weight is flat and has groups of parallel lines overlying each other. These marks are possibly file marks
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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