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Unique ID: SUSS-C02AE9
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete lead Roman steelyard weight, AD.50-400. The weight is biconvex with an iron core that would originally have gone on to form the suspension loop. The lead has taken on a white patination, the iron is heavily corroded.
Height: 20.51mm
Weight: 30.6g
Diameter: 20.17mm
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Quantity: 1
Height: 20.51 mm
Weight: 30.6 g
Diameter: 20.17 mm
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Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SU9603
Four figure Latitude: 50.81859848
Four figure longitude: -0.63857526
1:25K map: SU9603
1:10K map: SU90SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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