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Description: | Medieval weight; Cast, lead shield-shaped weight dating from the rough period 13th-16th centuries. Biggs and Withers' Single Lion 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 decorated with a single, skinny lion rampant facing to the left. The weight is pierced near the top with a roughly circular hole. The whole has a thick, even, cream-white patina over its surface.Length 47.4mm, width 35.1mm, thickness 9.3mm, weight 107.2gRef: See Biggs & Withers, pages 34-36 and the illustrations on pages 37-39.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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