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APOTHECARY WEIGHT

Unique ID: WILT-3108AE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy Modern apothecary weight dating to c AD1750-1850. The weight is almost square (13.8mm x 14.2mm) with a thickness of 4.6mm , On one face only is stamped a number '2' with the word 'Dram' (in curvilinear script) below. The other face is blank. The weight is 6.43 grams.

Similar weights recorded on the PAS database are PUBLIC-9F6071 and NLM-7D5D32.

Inscription: 2//Dram

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14.3 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 6.43 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SM 5793

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Clarendon Park (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU1827
Four figure Latitude: 51.04207593
Four figure longitude: -1.74462936
1:25K map: SU1827
1:10K map: SU12NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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