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WEIGHT
Unique ID: BM-E33E12
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead object, possibly a weight with a broad Roman to post-medieval date range. The object is flat and circular in shape with a marginal groove in the section of the circumference. This gives the object the appearance of being two discs of lead sandwiched together. The upper surface of the object is stamped with a monogram of which only the letter 'P' is clearly visible. The object measures 22mm in diameter and 4mm in thickness. Roger Tomlin notes: 'With its exaggerated horizontal serifs, the letter is not obviously Roman, although the possiblity cannot be excluded. The weight would be a little more than one Roman semuncia (half-ounce) but there is no annotation anything like it in RIB II.2, 2412 (Weights).
If Roman, this weight could be classified as a Tyrell (2015) Type C1: a disc-shaped weight with no detectable method of suspension, and if used for weighing may have been used with pan balances. Some of this type may have been used as counters.
Notes:
SF 5359
Class: Tyrell Type C1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 22 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Piercebridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.52984883
Four figure longitude: -1.67701825
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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