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BEAD

Unique ID: NMS-D6D818

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An unusual medieval lead bead (or possible weight), bi-conical, measuring 13mm in diameter. It has corroded and damaged relief decoration comprising pellets within and between oblique lines, around the faces, and a central perforation. It weighs 63.8 grains. There is no obvious correlation with any weight system, although it would be a little overweight for 1 drachm (= 60 grains). It may be compared with a similarly elaborate example of a weight in Mellor and Pearce (1981), fig. 51, no. 71. It dates from the 15^th century.

Class: or weight

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 39728

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
To be known as: Foulsham

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mellor, J. and Pearce, T.	1981	The Austin Friars, Leicester	London	Council for British Archaeology	fig. 51, no. 71

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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