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Description: | Anglo-Scandinavian lead weight. The weight is roughly oval in plan measuring 52mm by 43mm, and 11mm thick. The front of the weight has a coin embedded in the centre. This coin measures 18mm in diameter and judging by areas of green corrosion is likely to be copper alloy rather than silver. The coin turns a blueish colout towards the edge of the coin although this may be contamination from the lead rather than suggesting that the coin is silver. The coin is very worn and pitted and is probably a Styca, having an inner circle that seems to contain a voided short cross and an illegible legend surrounding. The surface of the lead on this side has circa 18 lines radiating from the coin. Each of these lines is circa 2mm wide and comprises a number of narrower, feinter lines that would seem consistant with the decoration being made using a twig as the lead was in a semi-molten state. The side of the weight is undecorated.The reverse of the weight is decorated with circa 11 similar 'twig' marks, though they are randomly spaced out.Viking period lead weights were often set with Lunettes type silver pennies, Stycas and, on one occasion, a fourth century Roman copper alloy coin. The shape of the weight is unusual but there is a lot of variation in these weights.
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