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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-FDFBD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy half ounce trade weight probably of post medieval date, AD 1600 - 1900. It is circular with a dished upper surface and a narrow rim. The dished section is marked with two concentric rings and with two punched marks. One mark consists of a crown or coronet made up of three plumes rising from a rectangular base, the other has been damaged and is indecipherable, but may be a letter W and is possibly an inspector's mark. The underside is plain. The weight has a light green patina. It is 22mm in diameter and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 12.81gm (0.45oz).
Class: trade weight
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 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 12.81 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th August 2011 - Wednesday 29th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1955
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: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Normanton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3523
Four figure Latitude: 53.702266
Four figure longitude: -1.471319
1:25K map: SE3523
1:10K map: SE32SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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