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Description: | A lead alloy trade weight dating from the Medieval period. It is triangular in plan and has bevelled edges. The front face is decorated with a crude fleur-de-lis with a large pellet in each corner. It has a grey patina. At 109g it was probably intended as a 4oz weight, though it is a little light. 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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