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Description: | A complete, but damaged, cast lead trade weight of medieval date, circa AD 1390 - 1500. The weight is shield shaped and is decorated with a raised design on the front face consisting of raised lines radiating from the central point on the top edge and a vertical chevron transected by a raised line. The middle portion of decoration has been heavily damaged by a large break presumably as a result of plough damage. The reverse is flat and undecorated.The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 66.2mm long, 37.6mm wide, 6.9mm 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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