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Description: | A cast lead trade weight of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is circular in form, flat and with moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises a central motif depicting the crown of St. Edmunds with crossed arrows through it. Above are five pellets arranged in a cross shaped motif, with a single larger pellet below the crown. To the left of the crown is a letter S with lis or fleur(?) above and pellet below, while on the right of the crown is a letter E with lis or fleur above and pellet below. This presumably represents an abbreviation for St. Edmund. All of these motifs are contained within a circular border. The back face is undecorated, slightly concave and uneven in places, and has some recent damage to one side and across the centre. This weight has a dark grey patina and measures 55.54mm in diameter, 10.93mm in thickness and 214.38g in weight.This is a cast lead trade weight. Its decorative elements are indicative of an association with the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds and it is possible that it was utilised to regulate trade or exchange where controlled by the Abbey itself. At 214.38g it falls just over 7.5 ounces, which may in turn indicate it was originally intended to be an 8 ounce/half pound weight. A close parallel has not yet been identified making a close date range problematic. However it is perhaps most likely to be of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, perhaps in the c.15th-17th centuries AD.
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