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APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Unique ID: LEIC-E9C403
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval rectangular weight, possibly an Apothecaries weight. The object is 16mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 8.11grams. It is very worn and has the traces of a central mark which may be an apothecaries mark.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 8.11 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Rothley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5812
Four figure Latitude: 52.702574
Four figure longitude: -1.143093
1:25K map: SK5812
1:10K map: SK51SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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