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Description: | Medieval weight; Large, cast, lead shield-shaped weight dating from the rough period 13th-16th centuries. Biggs and Withers' Three Lions standard type. The weight is undecorated on the back face and has a smaller, raised section on the front face. The 'border' formed by the larger size of the thinner, outer section is decorated with incised, diagonal hashes. The face of the thicker, inner section is very worn but seems to be decorated with three lions passant guardant facing to the right. The weight is pierced near the top with a narrow, rectangular slot. The whole has a thick, even, cream patina over its surface.Length 59.2mm, width 41.4mm, thickness 13.4mm, weight 232.1gRef: See Biggs & Withers, pages 34-36 and the illustrations on page 37.See also Biggs pages 42-43.
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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