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Description: | Perhaps a Medieval to Post-Medieval lead conical weight. The length is 17mm, width is 10mm and weight is 9.98g. The cone shape has a flat base and a rounded top. There is a hole or circular indentation in the centre of the base which was possibly to house an attached loop. There are no discernable marks on the sides which might have been deliberate stamps. The lead is white in colour. Lead weights are notoriously difficult to date and no certain date can be attributed to this object. It is also possible that the object is a gaming counter with parallels in "Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection" by Biggs and Withers, but it has no decorative features. Similar examples are illustrated in Biggs, N & Withers, P, 2000, 'Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection', page 31-2, ref nos 69 & 72 particularly.
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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