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Description: | An incomplete lead worn shield-shaped trade weight, the upper third is now missing due to old break. The shield is square topped with a tapering triangular terminal. It measures 53.24mm in surviving length, 52.36mm in width and is 16.29mm in thickness.The front face has a border groove and a raised central panel, this is very worn and probably had some kind of Royal insignia on it originally, possibly a lion rampant, traces of this insignia can be seen but what is shown is unclear due to wear. The dating of these lead shield-shaped weights is uncertain, some of them seem to belong to the period following the conversion, c1380-90, of the trade pound from a subdivision into 15 ounces to a binary scale of 16 ounces. In general it seems that these weights were a sign of the desire to standardise the weight system used in trade, and that they continued to be used for most of the 15th century (Biggs 1992, 42-43).
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