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WEIGHT
Unique ID: BERK-EA1A05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy trade weight dating to the 18th century. The weight is circular and has a shallow raised rim, plain on the reverse and with four stamped symbols on the face. These symbols are: a sword (for St Paul's, City of London) at 12 o'clock; a now illegible symbol, which would have been a crowned letter G for King George at 3 o'clock; a ewer (for the London Founder's Company) at 6 o'clock; and an A for avoirdupois (the weight system) at 9 o'clock. The location of the stamps indicates that this weight was made during the reigns of King George III (1760-1820) or King George IV (1820-1830).The weight now weighs 25.8gms or 0.91oz - originally the weight would have had the value of one ounce.
Class: Trader's weight
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 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1830
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.65 mm
Weight: 25.8 g
Diameter: 28.45 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th March 2010 - Wednesday 21st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010.046
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Stamped
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hampstead Norreys (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5175
Four figure Latitude: 51.471674
Four figure longitude: -1.267128
1:25K map: SU5175
1:10K map: SU57NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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