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WEIGHT

Unique ID: CORN-A20997

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy trade weight for one ounce, circular in plan with an internal recessed face, dating from the time of George III (1760-1820) with an incuse stamp of the initials 'GR' beneath a crown with two rounded arches surmounted by a cross. The weight weighs 27.32 g or just under one ounce (0.96) which would have been made up with the small amount of metal that is missing through corrosion and the couple of nicks in the edge of the weight.

Read (1988) illustrates a 2 ounce trade weight with a similar crowned GR on page 199, no.1395, which is dated from the late 18th to the early 19th century.

Bailey (2011) illustrates a similar lead trade weight with a crowned GR on page 120, fig.76, which is dated to the reign of George III.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1820

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 6.6 mm
Weight: 27.32 g
Diameter: 29 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd September 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ludgvan (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW5032
Four figure Latitude: 50.13526966
Four figure longitude: -5.49980675
1:25K map: SW5032
1:10K map: SW52NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bailey, G.	2011	Detector Finds 7	Witham	Greenlight Publishing	120, fig.76
Read, B.	1995	History Beneath our Feet (1995)	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	199,	no.1395

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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