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Description: | A complete tear-drop shaped lead trade weight of possible Post-Medieval date.It is conical in profile and undecorated.This weight measures 33.65mm in height, 23.59mm in diameter, 96.81g in weight.This trade weight is approximately three and a half ounces on the averdepois weight standard suggests a date range from the 15th to 18th centuries AD when the weight system was standardised and prior to the banning of lead trade weights in 1834 (Biggs, 1992: pp. 44-46). There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (PUBLIC-B65717).
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