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Description: | Lead Weight. Cast sub-rectangular plano-convex weight with knife-trimmed sides, heavily patinated overall. The mass indicates this to represent one averdepois ounce. The use of lead weights was restricted from the 18th century in a governmental attempt to better regulate weights and measures, as lead weights were so easy to make at home. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1400-1700.Length: 22.3mm, Width: 22mm, Thickness: 8.3mm, Weight: 28.42gms.
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