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WEIGHT
Unique ID: YORYM-0884A4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete cast copper alloy troy weight of modern date. The main body of the weight is cylindrical with sharply turned edges and a narrow handle projecting centrally from the top face. The handle is tapers towards the middle and flares outwards again to form the wider circular terminal.
The metal has a mid greenish-brown colour and is worn. The weight is 31.8mm tall, 19.5mm in diameter at the body, 10.2mm in diameter at the handle and weighs 47.5g.
The English troy bullion system was used from 1526 with greater standardisation from 1588 onwards. Cylindrical troy weights such as this example were mainly produced from the 19th century onwards (Biggs, p.16).
Class: Troy
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 31.8 mm
Weight: 47.5 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wawne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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