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Description: | A medieval lead shield-shaped weight, probably for two ounces dating to the period c. AD 1390 - 1650. The weight is decorated with a lion rampant on a raised panel. The reverse is flat and undecorated. There is an ovular perforation at the top centre of the panel.Similar weights can be found illustrated in Biggs (1992, 42-43), with direct comparisons in terms of size illustrated in Biggs and Withers (2000, 38; refs. 91 and 92). Its mass of 53.34g is c. 6% light of two ounces averdepois, following the 'binary' system of sixteen ounces to the pound effective from c. AD 1390 (Biggs 1992, 44). Although this weight is likely to be late medieval in date, evidence from official stamped marks suggests that their use could continue for a number of centuries (Biggs and Withers 2000, 36).The weight has an off-white patina. It measures 33.74mm in length, 26.26mm maximum width, 3.62mm minimum width, is 10.66mm thick and weighs 53.40g.
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