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Description: | Lead weight. Cast discoid slightly plano-convex weight with lightly bevelled edges and an off-centre D-shaped stamp with a small shoe-shaped figure standing proud within it. There are also faint traces of a possible circumferential inscription within a linear border, apparently comprising letters of which both straight and curved elements are discernible - angled lighting brings these into view. Lettering may continue as an inner order, though without an inner circle to limit them. The mass may suggest this to represent four units of 4.07gms, as were used in Viking Age Scandinavia for silver bullion transactions. The surface marking may ally this object to weights with embedded objects. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.Diameter: 22.2mm, Thickness: 5.1mm, Weight: 16.27gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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