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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: SF9205

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Pottery disc, 24 mm in diameter and 5 mm thick, perhaps a counter or playing piece. One face has a large incuse letter D, with VIII in smaller lettering below. The fabric is a fine red earthenware with ferrous inclusions; this type of fabric could have been made almost anywhere in England, so gives little help in identification. The inscription could be deciphered as eight pennyweight, but in fact the disc weighs 4.47g, which is 2.87 dwt. Probably post-medieval.

Inscription: D VIII

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 4.47 g
Diameter: 24 mm

Discovery dates

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

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: No. 20 (March 2000 map)

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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