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WEIGHT

Unique ID: SF5491

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

4oz copper-alloy trade weight, 50 mm diameter and 9 mm thick, decorated with concentric grooves and stamped with at least three stamps. These are hard to read due to corrosion, but all appear to be the same - a crowned GR. They are placed at 12 o'clock, 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock, all with the crowns towards the outside. Probably a provincial (non-London) weight of the late 18th or early 19th century (up to 1826). Now weighs 111.28g (3.93 oz).

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1750
Date to: AD 1826

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 9 mm
Weight: 11.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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