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Description: | A complete, Age uncertain, cast, lead alloy trade weight. Circular and flat but now a little distorted by agricultural machinery. There is a central dimple with a hand inscribed crude circle around it and a similar crude inscribed circle close to the edge creating a border. The edges show signs of damage and there are a number of scratches on the surface. Little wear with a pale grey and light brown matt surface. This weight is of uncertain date but could possibly be 1590-1826. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 52-56 no. 15 & 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 Office1998, page 311-317 and English Weights - An Illustrated Survey, Norman Biggs, White House Publications 1992, page 40-49. This weight is 31.81mm long, 30.41mm wide, 4.08mm thick, diameter 31.81mm and weighs 29.62g.
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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