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Unique ID: KENT-55A7D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, probably Roman, cast, lead alloy, fair size, plain, narrow, conical shaped steel yard weight. Sub circular base with rusty remnants of a suspension loop at the apex. The base seems to have been broken away by agricultural machinery or possibly frost damage exposing an irregular powdery pale grey/white lightly corroded surface. The rest of the surface consists of a slightly irregular matt rusty brown colour - possibly indicating the wet ground conditions of the field which is close to a river. This is likely to be dated to 43AD-410AD as it is associated with a number of other Roman coins and artefacts. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 52-57 No. 16-17, Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 29-34 No. 2, 5 & 14 and Celtic and Roman Finds, Nigel Mills, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 123-126 No. RB383. The weight has a truncated length 57.90mm, truncated width 43.64mm, truncated thickness 37.63mm, truncated diameter 43.64mm and weighs 353g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.9 mm
Width: 43.64 mm
Thickness: 37.63 mm
Weight: 353 g
Diameter: 43.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Dormansland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4145
Four figure Latitude: 51.18684278
Four figure longitude: 0.01617989
1:25K map: TQ4145
1:10K map: TQ44NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1993 | Detector Finds 2 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 29-34 | 2, 5 & 14 | |
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 52-57 | 16 & 17 | |
| Mills, N. and Payne, G. | 2000 | Celtic and Roman Artefacts | Witham | Greenlight Publishing | 123-126 | RB383 |
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