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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-6EA782
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy weight. Cast discoid weight of plano-concave section with a rim around its concave upper side. Inspection counter-stamps appear on this side: a dagger [for the City of London], a crowned C [indicating Royal inspection regimes between 1625 and 1685]; and a device resembling an ornate teapot [probably for William III - 1694-1702]. The present mass might suggest this to represent three [slightly overweight] drams of 1.77gms under the averdepois system, though this uneven value does not sit happily in a series wherein 16 drams equal an ounce. Abraded and rubbed on its upper and lower surfaces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1625-1700.
Diameter: 21.7mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 5.60gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Diameter: 21.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34392
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ashby cum Fenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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