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Description: | A cast lead possible weight of unknown date, AD 43 - 1900. It is in the form of a circular, flat disc with a sub-circular depression in the upper side. The sides are vertical and the base flat. The weight is unmarked and has a dark cream patina. It is 21.9mm in diameter and 7.1mm thick. It weighs 18.1g. This is close to the mass of 12 pennyweights in the Medieval Troy system (18.7g), especially, if there was once a piece of embedded material in the concavity. However, this object could also be a plug for fixing a metal railing or gate pin or similar into stone, the lead used to grip the object being fixed into the piece of stone.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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