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Description: | A lead probable weight most likely to be medieval or later in date. It is circular in shape and measures 38mm in diameter and 10.9mm in thickness. The front face has a concave centre which is covered with apparently random straight grooves. Circular lead trade weights of a similar size have been used since the Norman conquest, one group carry a form of florinated cross design and seem to be 12th-13th century in date. However the grooves on the front face of this example do not form a cross and circular lead weights occuring in the 15th century conforming to the averdepois system, these however, seem to be stamped with crowns and other marks (Biggs 1993, 44-45). Therefore this example could be a trade weight and date from the 12th to 16th centuries, no parallel could be found for its apparently random grooves on the front face.
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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