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Description: | A cast copper-alloy trade weight of the Commonwealth period (1649-1660). The weight is circular and stamped with a sword, the shield of St. George and a ewer. It has a circular depression in the centre of the face of the weight. A rim runs around the front face. The reverse has a circular depressed ring in the centre with a further central depression. The weight measures 33.79 mm in diameter and is 4.7 mm thick. It weighs 24.3 grams, the equivalent of 0.86 ounces, so would orginally have weighed one ounce.
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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