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Description: | A cast lead weight of late Medieval to Post Medieval date (c.AD1400-1834). This weight weighs 6.70g (0.24oz) so probably intended as a 'quarter-ounce' weight, has a height or thickness of 3.83mm and sloped sides due to the upper surface having a diameter of 16.95mm and then tapering back to the reverse surface that has a diameter of 13.95mm. The reverse surface is undecorated. The upper surface has a design of a beaded pellet border with a single solid line along the edge of the weight and on the inner side of the beaded border. At the centre of the upper surface is a cross within a shield, the arms of the cross extending and merging with the edge of the shield. The lower edges of the shield are difficult to distinguish but the shield probably was of a pointed or rounded-pointed form at the base. All of the design features mentioned (two concentric circles with beaded border between, cross and shield outline) are in the same plane as the surface of the weight with the background being recessed below the plane of the surface of the weight. See Biggs, N. English Weights: An Illustrated Survey. 1992, p.44-46 with particular attention to the image in the top left corner of p.45.
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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