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Description: | Cast lead or lead alloy weight of probable medieval or post medieval date (1200 - 1600). The weight is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The front face of the weight is decorated with a much abraded design. The design consists of a crowned head (similar to that on medieval coinage). The crown is formed from a band with a central fluer-de-lys bi-foliate side fleurs and shaped ornaments. The face is indistinct, the eyes are formed from annulets, the hair from crescent shaped curls and there is a small star at the centre for the nose. The reverse is undecorated and plain. Both faces are relatively flat and the edges are beveled. The weight measures 32.4mm diameter, is 5.5mm thick and weighs 36.99 grams or 1.3ozs (571 grains). The weight is a mid grey white colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. It has been marked and abraded in the soil; this has caused the weight to become slightly asymmetrical and the edges indistinct. | 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: | 1200
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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