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Description: | A lead alloy probable steelyard weight of probable Post Medieval date. It is pear or drop shaped. The lead has a light creamy grey patina and is undecorated. It weighs just over 1 lb and 8 oz and was probably intended to be a 1 and a half pound weight so it fits into a fairly modern weighing system rather than a Roman one. However, it is also only a little over two Roman pounds (at 687g rather than 655g). Some weights of this shape are identified as Roman steelyard weights (eg: KENT-52E511), but they are more commonly planoconvex. There are traces of a missing iron suspension loop at the apex. Steelyards continued in use until recently, especially for agricultural purposes, and it seems more likely that this example is of later date. Compare SWYOR-AB0DB6.
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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