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Description: | Discoidal lead weight. Diameter 60mm. Thickness 15.5mm. Weight 461g / 7114 grains. Probably for 1 mercantile pound (= 7200 grains). If so then 1.2% underweight. The mercantile pound went out of use around 1300 (Biddle 1990 910-11). Probably 12th - 13th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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