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Description: | Lead musket balls. Twelve cast balls, all with a fine mould line and the flattened stub of a casting sprue. Smoothed by prolonged immersion. a) Diameter: 18.3mm, Weight: 31.39gmsb) Diameter: 18.6mm, Weight: 31.83gmsc) Diameter: 17.8mm, Weight: 32.94gmsd) Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 31.04gmse) Diameter: 19.3mm, Weight: 35.22gmsf) Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 28.26gmsg) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 32.69gmsh) Diameter: 18.4mm, Weight: 31.00gms (possible ferrous adhesions)i) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 30.82gmsj) Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 33.75gms (light circumferential groove)k) Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 33.80gmsl) Diameter: 18.5mm, Weight: 32.46gms (misaligned mould lines and protruding sprue)Combined Weight: c.390gms
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