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Description: | A complete cast lead trade weight of medieval date. The weight is shield shaped with a smaller shield shape integrally cast on the front. The weight appears to be undecorated however the degree of wear combined with numerous indentations may have rendered any decoration illegible. The reverse is inscribed with three initial letters "P" and "A" in opposing corners at the top and "H" in the centre at the bottom. The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 68.8mm long, 52.7mm wide, 18.5mm thick and weighs 425g.Similar weights can be seen in Biggs, p.43 which discusses how lead weighs such as this were used to weigh goods under the averdepois system from 1390 in England and were used throughout the 15th century. It is likely that these weights represent a desire to standardize the trade weight system.Lead shield-shaped weights of various qualities of workmanship and numerous designs have been in use over a long period of time. Therefore due to the lack of any further contextual evidence it is not possible to date this object any more closely.
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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