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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SOM-6A5237
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper alloy trade weight from the reign of Charles I (1625-1649) or Charles II (1660-1685). The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. It is 14.7mm in diameter by 6.3mm thick and weighs 51.17grams, 1.80 oz. It is probably it has lost weight through corrosion and damage and was originally a two ounce weight. It would have originally been part of a set of weights and bears official marks showing it was made in London and verified by the founders company allowing it to be used in markets and shops as an official weight.
It is stamped with:
Crowned C (for Charles I or II) at 11 o'clock.
The sword of St Paul (for London) at 12 o'clock.
An A (indicating it is a weight in the avoirdupois system of pounds and ounces) at 1 o'clock.
An ewer (for the founders company who had a Royal charter to verify trade weights) at 6 o'clock.
Class: Trade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 51.17 g
Diameter: 14.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Frome finds day
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Frome (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7848
Four figure Latitude: 51.230758
Four figure longitude: -2.316465
1:25K map: ST7848
1:10K map: ST74NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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