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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SOM-CAC781
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Modern copper alloy trade weight from a stacking set. The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. The top has two concentric incised circles within the rim and stamped initials. The sides are angled and the back flat. The weight is stamped with a crowned GR at 6 o'clock, the crown is weakly stamped or worn, and a crowned V at right angles to this at 12 o'clock. It is 20.3mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick; it weighs 5.61 grams, 0.215 oz. It was probably originally a quarter of an ounce with some weight lost to corrosion.
Biggs (1992:54) suggests the crowned GR stamp was widely used on weights made or authenticated outside the major centres in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The V indicates it continued in use into the reign of Victoria. The form of the crown over the V is unusual also suggesting it was locally stamped. This may also explain the lack of an 'Imperial' stamp which is common in this period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1775
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 6.11 g
Diameter: 20.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 27th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 20741
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: St Cuthbert Out CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs, N. | 1992 | English Weights: An Illustrated Survey | Powys | White House Publications |
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