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Description: | A complete cast lead weight or token of medieval date. The weight is circular in plan with a flat top and base and rounded edges. The upper face is decorated with a large central crescent within a raised circumferential border. Between the border and the rim of the weigh is the name "DAVID PHI[--------]. The reverse of the weight is decorated with two rings of two concentric circles around a central pellet.Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely.The metal is a mid whitish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 32.2mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 14.8g.Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database as LIN-C4A338 and LVPL-056E75.
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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