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Description: | A large circular lead weight. The weight weighs 103 grams(3.6 Ounces)and is 41 mm in diameter. It is 7.9 mm thick. On one surface of the weight is a circular impressed mark with pellets around its diameter and what is possibly a tower in the centre. This stamp and the regular shape of the weight suggests that it is an official weight as opposed to one of the many illegal weights that circulated in the Medieval and Post-Medieval periods. It is likely that the possibly tower depicts the town from which this weight was issued. A similar weight from Norwich which dates from the reign of Charles II can be seen in Margeson 1993, 'Norwich Households', page 205. This weight probably also dates from the late medieval to post-medieval period. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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