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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Container	NMGW16	Medieval	Pembrokeshire	xml | csv json
Copper alloy outer case for a set of nested weights. Circular, with six external vertical ribs on cup and similar projections (poorly preserved) on lid. Maximum external diameter 40mm; internal diameter 36mm; internal depth of cup 17mm; maximum height 24mm. In its present condition (with corrosio...
	Coin	NMGW3150	Roman		xml | csv json
Copper alloy Roman coin. Claudius II, 1.403grams. Radiate, Rome mint, FIDES EXERCI
	Weight	SF-514407	Post medieval	Suffolk	xml | csv json
A two drachm weight from a traditional apothecary weight set. It is 15mm square (the edges being rounded), and 4mm thick. Each of the square faces is marked with a large figure or letter engraved upon it, which is the traditional symbol to signify two drachms. One drachm (3.89g) equals one-eighth...
	Weight	NMS-269E03	Medieval	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Medieval/Post Medieval Conical lead 1 ounce Troy weight, diameter 22mm, height 14mm, weighing 471.6 grains 0.9825oz Troy.
	Weight	NMS-9BA8F8	Medieval	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Medieval Round plano-convex lead one Troy ounce weight. Very crudely cast, apparently garbled lettering in high relief around central shield-shaped motif on convex face. Tiny, oblique blind hole on reverse. Weighing 0.995 Troy ounce.
	Weight	NMS-4F01C3	Medieval	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Medieval Shield-shaped lead trade weight with lion rampant on front, raised within a cabled border. 45mm x 30mm, 11mm thick. In rather worn condition. Weighing 3.0585 Troy ounces (1467.8 grains). Slightly overweight for 3oz of a mercantile pound of 15oz Troy. 14th century, probably earlier than c...
	Weight	NMS-1D82A0	Early medieval	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Late Saxon Polyhedral weight of Scandinavian form, a cube with the corners cut-off, i.e. with fourteen faces. Each large face is decorated with a pair of C-shaped stamps within an engraved border. In good but slightly scuffed condition, with tiny parts of the corners and arrises missing. Weighing...
	Weight	WILT-80D033	Post medieval	Wiltshire	xml | csv json
Troy weight of copper alloy weighing 3.23g (50gr., 0.114oz), 0.27mm thick and 14mm in diameter. It is unifaced with fine file marks on the reverse. On the obverse are two stamps: (a) a crowned W incuse-this probably indicates William IV (1830-1837). (b) a rectangular stampwielding a crowned I ...
	Weight	SWYOR-E2D391	Post medieval	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A lead alloy probable bar weight. The weight is 86.6mm long, 47.8mm wide and 25.6mm high. It is rectangular with sloping sides, the top being smaller than the bottom. The top is stamped with lettering on two lines. The top line is illegible but the bottom line reads: “LEEDS”. There is a deep circ...
	Coin	CAM-443792	Roman	Cambridgeshire	xml | csv json
A Republican denarius of Julius Caesar, struck in 48 BC. [RRC 458/1; Sydenham 1013]
	Coin	HAMP-266E40	Roman	Hampshire	xml | csv json
A worn 1st-century BC Roman silver Republican denarius struck by C. Julius Caesar, 'CAESAR' (Aeneas), struck at the African mint in c. 48 BC (Sydenham 1013; R.R.C. 458/1). The somewhat elongated flan has not been trimmed to the outer circles.
	Weight	SWYOR-A849B4	Post medieval	South Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A copper alloy cup weight from the post medieval period. The cup has a diameter of 19.5mm at the top, sloping sides, and is 9.4mm thick. Most cup weights were designed to weigh gold and silver in the Troy weight system. The cups would stack together into a nest. This one is stamped inside with tw...
	Weight	SUSS-695D55	Medieval	West Sussex	xml | csv json
A cast copper alloy cup weight. This weight is circular in plan and trapezoidal in section, with a hollowed out, flat bottomed interior that forms the cup. It has an external diameter of 27.1mm, it 11.4mm tall and 2.9mm thick. The surface is smooth with no obvious punch marks or decoration. This ...
	Weight	NMS-E6D367	Early medieval	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Late Saxon polyhedral weight of Scandinavian form, a cube with each corner cut off, i.e. with fourteen facets. On each of the six large facets are four annulets with a frame of punched dots. Weighing 3.01g / 46.4 grains. This is very close both to a postulated Anglo-Saxon unit of 3.1g (Kruse 1992...