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Description: | Copper alloy weight. Cast rectangular weight with bevelled ends. One side bears the incised inscription 2 SCRUPLES in a flowing script, and the other side bears two linked characters appearing as a backwards E and a Y. As a scruple under the 'Apothecaries' system' weighed 1.29gms the object is significantly underweight for its stated value. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.Length: 13.2mm, Width: 9.1mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 2.38gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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