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WEIGHT
Unique ID: HESH-37FE80
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead or lead alloy weight of probable medieval date (1200 - 1400). The weight is sub-circular in plan and rectangular in cross section. The front face is decorated with an incised design comprising two vertically conjoined I's or horizontally conjoined H's. The reverse face has a series of small triangular shaped knife nicks or cuts present. The weight is a mid grey colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. It has been marked and abraded in the soil; this has caused the weight to become slightly asymmetrical. Similar weights have been dated to the medieval period and it is suggested that they were used as pan weights by traders / merchants etc.
The weight measures 42.4mm in diameter and is 9.7mm thick; it weighs 108.1 grams or 3.8ozs. The weight may suggest it was used as a trade or bullion / sterling weight of c. 4oz's or ΒΌ of a pound.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 108.1 g
Diameter: 42.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hereford Museum Object Entry Form: HFDMG: 3244
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Pipe and Lyde
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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