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Unique ID: SF-6A6840
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 44.10mm in diameter, 6.17mm in thickness, 80.93g in weight.
This trade weight is approximately three 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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.17 mm
Weight: 80.93 g
Diameter: 44.1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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