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Description: | A complete cast lead trade weight of medieval date. The weight is shield shaped with an indistinct design on the extremely worn upper surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated and shape is slightly distorted.The metal is a mid blackish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 55.3mm long, 38.9mm wide, 8.2mm thick and weighs 100g.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. However with various qualities of workmanship and numerous designs employed over a long period of time it is not possible to date this object any more closely due to the lack of any contextual evidence.
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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