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Description: | A complete, Age uncertain, Roman-Georgian, lead alloy, crudely cast, fair size, roughly flat, circular probable unofficial weight. This weight has an irregular slightly convex base and slightly uneven flat upper surface but tapered bevelled sides with upper surface smaller than the convex lower one. Matt pale grey surface but irregular patches of pale brown corrosion and many shallow scratches made probably by agricultural machinery. This is of uncertain date. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 54-55 no. 15 or 25, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 98-99, The Medieval Household, Finds from Excavations in London, Geoff Egan, The Stationery Office 1998, page 311-317 no. 981 & 1001 and English Weights, An Illustrated Survey, Norman Biggs, White House Publications 1992, page 40-41. This weight is 40.55mm long, 36.53mm wide, 14.70mm thick, diameter 40.55mm and weighs 150.7g.
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