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Description: | A cast copper-alloy circular trade weight of late medieval date (c. 15th century AD). The weight is decorated unifacially with an incised circular groove within the circumference. Within is a central punch, above which is an incuse crown. The weight is slightly bevelled with a slightly larger lower surface. This latter features a shallower central punch mark. Its weight equates to about two-thirds of an ounce averdepois, assuming a slight loss of weight through wear and any inconsistencies. The artefact now has a largely dark-green patina with some small amounts of pitting and denting.This mark (crown) may have been impressed by the Grocers Company and was perhaps an indication of the first attempts to verify averdepois weights used by traders in London (Biggs 1992, 44)
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