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Description: | Flat lead weight, probably dating to the medieval period. The weight flat and circular in shape with cast decoration on the top surface (the bottom is flat and undecorated). The top of the weight has a wheel design with six spokes and a single pellet in each section between the spokes. It has been suggested that round weights were used mainly for weighing ?precious? objects like coins or bullion, whereas square weights were used for ?ordinary? goods (Biggs & Withers, 2000). The weights measures 28.9mm in diameter, 7.5mm in thickness and weighs 37.9g.
A similar parallel can be seen in Biggs & Withers ?Lead Weights ? The David Rogers Collection?, Fig. 36, although the mass differs slightly. | 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 | Temporal: | 1300
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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