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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-6CA166
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
'A medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy trade weight. The weight is circular in plan and flat in cross section. It has an incised circle around the edge creating a border and a further raised ring inside. There are four stamps on the weight but the emblem is currently unknown and no parallels have so far been discovered it is possibly a foreign trade weight. The reverse has not been seen by FLO. The weight is 32mm diameter. The earliest copper alloy trade weights apparently date from the late 14th and 15th century. From the reign of Henry VII, c. 1495 they start being stamped with the kings initial. This weight therefore could date to c.1375-1495 but in style and manufacture it looks later upto possibly 1750AD and may well be foreign possibly French'.
The diameter is 28mm and the weight 36.53g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 31.14 g
Diameter: 38 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd September 2015 - Thursday 3rd September 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Wyre (District)
Parish or ward: Garstang (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD4945
Four figure Latitude: 53.89864663
Four figure longitude: -2.77762301
1:25K map: SD4945
1:10K map: SD44NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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