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APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-B6AA08
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy apothecary's weight for six drachms, circular with D/ VI stamped on each side, 2.76g, 17th-18th century
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th April 2022 - Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30401
Other reference: NMD052022
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Postwick with Witton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2907
Four figure Latitude: 52.61246286
Four figure longitude: 1.3810652
1:25K map: TG2907
1:10K map: TG20NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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