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Description: | Two lead alloy parallel-sided ingots of uncertain date.One ingot is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section. Two of the edges on one of the narrow sides are bevelled. 66.4. x 10.4 x 10.3mm. Weight: 51.47g.The second ingot is also sub-rectangular in plan but with a triangular cross-section.64.4mm x 10.1mm x10.7mm. Weight, 37.14 grams.The ingots have been examined by curators at the Museum of London, who concluded the metal to be a lead alloy. Ingots of this shape and size have a long history with examples on the database from the Roman period ( LIN-A513B2), mostly silver ones in the Early Medieval Period NCL-7D6F54 , and others into the post Medieval period.
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