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Description: | A lead alloy weight, probably a trade weight, of uncertain date. The weight is 49mm high, and has a diameter of 28.8mm. The weight is a cylinder with a conical hole in the centre of the base and a cone on the top through which is a circular perforation. The weight has a patchy white patina. Similarly shaped weights, though not so big, can be seen on page 33 of "Lead Weights" by Biggs and Withers (2000). This example weighs 242g which is equivalent to 8.5oz and so could have been intended to be a half pound weight. The dating of lead weights is very difficult. This one could date to any time since the Late medieval period.
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