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Description: | A square lead bullion weight of medieval date. The weight has a fleur de lis device on the front set within a lozenge. The reverse is flat. It weighs 7.4g.
A very similar example is illustrated in Biggs (1992, 15). There is also a direct parallel for the form in Biggs and Withers (2000, 49; refs. 154, 155) - quatrefoil with lis. These published examples are of comparable mass to this one, which broadly equates to a quarter of a Paris troy ounce (7.4/30.5g) allowing for a 3% loss due to wear/corrosion etc (updated information provided by Robert Webley 2012).
Compare HAMP-DA84C2 and SF-8F1591, which are both lighter in weight, perhaps an eighth of a Troy ounce. | 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: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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