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Description: | Complete cast lead-alloy probable weight. The weight is sub-spherical with a flattened base which allows it to sit firmly and probably serve as a standing weight. The item has a pale grey-white patina and weighs 436.4g, which is equivalent to 15.39oz and therefore very close to the 16oz required for a pound weight, especially when some slight surface damage & the effects of corrosion are taken into account. Simple weights of this kind are difficult to date and it is therefore dated broadly as Medieval to post-Medieval c.1200-1800.
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