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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: LEIC-AE39E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman(?) lead alloy steelyard weight, 48mm high, 47mm in diameter and weighing 393grams. The weight is biconical in form and circular in cross section with Iron loop emerging from each apex.
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: 48 mm
Weight: 393 g
Diameter: 47 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th May 2017 - Thursday 4th May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Blaby (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Muxloe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5204
Four figure Latitude: 52.63127152
Four figure longitude: -1.23313763
1:25K map: SK5204
1:10K map: SK50SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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