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APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Unique ID: SOM-A3A921
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy apothecary's weight of post-medieval date. The weight is flat and nearly square with chamfered edges. It measures 15.2mm in length, 13.8mm in width, 5.4mm in thickness and weighs 6.6g. Both faces are stamped with a traditional symbol (2 drachms) and a rose or star.
The presence of the rose/star indicates a date between 1618 to around the 18th century (Biggs 1992, p. 8).
Class: Apothecary's
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1618
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.2 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Diameter: 6.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st September 2008
Rally details.
This object was found at Court Farm, Spaxton 21/09/2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
Parish or ward: Spaxton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST2238
Four figure Latitude: 51.13593837
Four figure longitude: -3.11621466
1:25K map: ST2238
1:10K map: ST23NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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