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Unique ID: LVPL-0D8A33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy possible weight of Roman through to Post-Medieval date. The object is circular in plan. Projecting from one face of the object is a central lump of iron corrosion. On the opposite face four similar lumps of iron corrosion project from the surface of the object. These are unevenly spaced. The object has been crudely made and is function is uncertain although use as a steelyard weight is possible.
Dimensions: 47.02mm in diameter, 22.86mm thick, 216.5g
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 22.86 mm
Weight: 216.5 g
Diameter: 47.02 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2015 - Sunday 31st May 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Stow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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