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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-127B03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight. One side bears an apparently cruciform arrangement of characters possibly including M N and O; the other may be similar, with one character possibly a C in post-medieval to modern style. Bent with a knife cut in one side. The mass does not correspond to any system familiar to this reporter.
Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 23.1mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 10.31gms.
Inscription:
M N O / C
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 10.31 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19976a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.632624
Four figure longitude: -0.625301
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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