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Description: | A cast copper-alloy weight of uncertain date. It is biconical in form with flattened top and bottom surfaces that have worn dark green/brown patina. There is no surviving evidence of any decoration. It measures 22.48mm in diameter, 9.74mm in thickness and 23.66g in weight.Similar biconical copper-alloy weights are recorded and dated to the late Early-Medieval/Viking period (see for example NLM-9F1D64, LIN-1454F1, IOW-4F6604 or LIN-0E64A2 on the PAS database; cf Egan, 1998: 309). The current example at just under 24g finds parallels in the Viking Ora (c.24.4g) weight standard and subsequent light ounce (24g) appearing in the 11th century (Egan, 1998: 309-310; Biggs, 1992: 14). It is plausible, therefore, that the current example is of later Early-Medieval to early Medieval date, c.10th-12th centuries AD, although an earlier or later date range cannot be ruled out entirely.
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