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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SOM-6BAEF1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper alloy trade weight probably 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 20.0mm in diameter by 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.31 grams, 0.222oz. It has probably lost weight through corrosion and damage and was originally a quarter of an ounce weight. It is badly dented and scratched and the marks are patinated. This damage has obscured the marks but is on both sides so is probably not needed. 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.
The only stamps still visible are:
Probably a Crowned C (for Charles I or II) near the centre.
An ewer (for the founders company who had a Royal charter to verify trade weights) at 6 o'clock.
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: 3.6 mm
Weight: 6.31 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 020886
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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