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Description: | A cast lead alloy trade weight dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1500. It is thick, flat and shield shaped. The upper surface is decorated with a crudely moulded lion rampant facing left within a raised border. There is a small, circular perforation in the centre of the upper edge of the shield. The underside is flat and undecorated. The weight has a well developed light grey patina .It is 20.9mm long, 15.4mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 14.98gm (0.52oz).Similar weights are discussed and illustrated in Biggs and Withers, 2000, Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, pages 34 - 40.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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