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Unique ID: LEIC-93294B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy steelyard weight of probable Roman date, 45mm in diameter and 40mm high with a weight of 319grams. The object is circular in cross section and ovoid in form. It has a circular cross sectioned iron rod running through its centre, which would have formed a suspension loop at the top.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 45 mm
Weight: 319 g
Diameter: 40 mm
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County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: cambridgeshire
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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