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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-69DA18
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete circular lead trade weight of possible Post-Medieval date.
It is flat and undecorated.
This weight measures 40.23mm in diameter, 4.21mm in thickness, 55.75g in weight.
This trade weight is approximately two ounces on the averdepois weight standard suggests a date range from the 15th to 18th centuries AD when the weight system was standardised and prior to the banning of lead trade weights in 1834 (Biggs, 1992: pp. 44-46).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.21 mm
Weight: 55.75 g
Diameter: 40.23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Brington and Molesworth
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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