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Description: | Medieval-Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, dating AD 1495-1549. It is circular in shape with a border formed of a double engraved circle around the outer edge and two concentric circles in the centre. There is also a pit in the centre of the object, which would have been used to produce the decoration with a compass. Stamped onto the front of the weight is a crowned letter 'h' . Both sides are covered in a dark-mid grey patina. There is a crack along the edge near the stamp.Other examples on the database, cf. ESS-94FF7D, suggest that trade weights stamped with the crowned 'h' motif are associated with Henry VII or VIII, dating them to AD 1495-1549. It is believed to indicate that the weight conformed to new local standards.Dimensions: diameter: 49.73 mm; thickness: 3.64 mm; weight: 51.13g.
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