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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-CE9EC8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast heater shield shaped weight with the cast relief motif of three leopards left on a raised central panel. The panel is surrounded by a lower pelleted border with a low external ridge. Patinated overall, and scratched on front in antiquity - i.e. below the patina. As the finder kindly observes, the mass indicates this is likely to represent one half an averdepois pound. A moulded rectangular hole at the top of the raised panel was probably made using a nail as a former, and may have been intended to permit the use of this object as a steelyard poise. The 'three lions' motif indicates official status would be claimed for the use of this weight. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1500.
Length/Height: 58.1mm, Width: 42.6mm, Thickness: 15.1mm, Weight: 225gms.
Class: Shield shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 58.1 mm
Width: 42.6 mm
Thickness: 15.1 mm
Weight: 225 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26487a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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