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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-22B09C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval discoidal lead weight, perhaps for ¾ ounce avoirdupois. One face is plain and the other carries an untidily arranged series of small letters, B TA x, the number 8 and an ornate shield with a serrated top and bearing a quatrefoil or cross. Other symbols are illegible, damaged or partly obscured by ?knife cut gashes. Diameter 24.5 - 26.4mm, thickness 4.5mm, weight 21.18g / 0.7470oz. 17th - 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 21.18 g
Diameter: 26.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th February 2016 - Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61674
Other reference: AMD032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hethersett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1605
Four figure Latitude: 52.59983219
Four figure longitude: 1.18807378
1:25K map: TG1605
1:10K map: TG10NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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