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Description: | Lead alloy disc. Thin disc with a central drilled hole of diameter 2.5mm, and with a regular thickness possibly indicating manufacture with reference to the metric system introduced in Europe c.1800. Patinated on both sides. This might have been a toy such as a spinner, which would function as a spinning top with a matchstick or similar object passed through the central hole. Other possibilities are equally likely. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1800-1950.Diameter: 25.9mm, Thickness: 1mm, Weight: 3.30gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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