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Description: | Post Medieval cast lead unifaced circular weight. The weight is 18.8mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 6.01g. It is stamped on one side with a capital letter W and L, with a 1 underneath; the other side is blank. The use of a stamped design rather than raised cast letters suggests this was a weight rather than a token as stamped designs were more time consuming to produce. They are used on weights as the flan could be corrected to the right weight then stamped. Lead weights like this can be produced easily and were often made at home for a wide range of uses, they are therefore difficult to date precisely but the use of initials may suggest a Post Medieval date c.1600 to 1900 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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