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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-C8A18E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete copper-alloy trade weight of James I or James II of Post-Medieval date.
It is flat and circular in form. The front face depicts the Royal cypher of James I or James II surmounted by a crown (1603-1688 AD), a sword and a ewer. The back face displays coarse filing marks.
This trade weight is 37.66mm in diameter, 4.64mm in thickness, 24.16g in weight.
These marks (or a subset of them) appear on all London weights from about 1590 to 1826. The letter A is frequently absent from the denominations of one ounce and below. This weight falls slightly below the standard weight to the value of 1 ounce or 16 drams (Biggs, 1992, pp. 50).
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 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1688
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.64 mm
Weight: 24.16 g
Diameter: 37.66 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Braiseworth
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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