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Description: | A Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy trade weight from the reign of Henry VII or Henry VIII. The weight is circular with a small circular central depression and two plain line circles incised upon the face. One circle is incised near the edge of the trade weight while the other is incised approximately a third of the radius away from the centre of the trade weight. The face has also been stamped with a lombardic style h, surmounted by a crown, at a point between the two incised circles. The back of the trade weight has a broad indented band surrounding a central raised circle with its own central indent. The weight is 31.7mm in diameter, 2.3mm in thickness and weighs 12.26 grams (0.432 oz).The trade weight has probably lost weight, having once weighed half an ounce, due to corrosion or alternatively due to the removal of material (as evidenced by the indented band on the back) to be of light weight.
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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