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WEIGHT

Unique ID: LVPL-1A0466

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast lead alloy weight dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period, (43-1700). The object is circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section. One face is stamped with the Roman numeral I, while the opposite face is undecorated. The object has a light white patina and weighs 26.8g.

Lead weights are common throughout the Medieval and Post-Medieval period. Biggs, N. & Withers, P. (2000) note that weights of this type with numerals are consistent with the Roman weight-system as well as the averdepois system, thus they could equally be 16th century. Given the growing number of these lead weights being found in the North West, it is more probable that these weights are significantly later in date (17th to 18th Centuries AD).

Reference:
Biggs, N. & Withers, P. 2000 Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection. The English Weights Series - 6. White House Publications & Galata Print ltd. Llanfyllin.

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: 5 mm
Weight: 26.8 g
Diameter: 26 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tarvin (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SJ4966
Four figure Latitude: 53.1886322
Four figure longitude: -2.76471312
1:25K map: SJ4966
1:10K map: SJ46NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found while metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Biggs, N. and Withers, P.	2000	Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection	Powys	White House Publications

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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