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BALANCE
Unique ID: LEIC-18EB34
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval copper alloy balance arm, 45mm long and 4mm in diameter. It is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.61grams. The object consists of a circular sectioned arm which tapers in width towards its end. This has a collar of five ridges with an oval plate (6mm x9mm) at its end, this has a circular suspension hole in its centre. The other, broken, end has the remains of a rectangular plate which appears to have also had a circular suspension hole.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Weight: 6.61 g
Diameter: 4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st March 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Skeffington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7302
Four figure Latitude: 52.610882
Four figure longitude: -0.923356
1:25K map: SK7302
1:10K map: SK70SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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