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WEIGHT
Unique ID: KENT-83ACC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete Post-Medieval to Modern cast copper-alloy cup weight belonging to a nested set c.AD 1500 - 1700.
Description: This weight is circular in plan. Its sides flare evenly upwards from the base to form a slight rim. There are no visible stamps or markings. The base of the weight is slightly concave in the centre.
Dimensions: Diameter 26.87mm, thickness 3.99mm and weight 11.71g.
Discussion: These types of weights were used for weighing gold and silver in the form of coin, small objects or as scrap metal and other precious materials (Saunders 2001, 125).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.99 mm
Weight: 11.71 g
Diameter: 26.87 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Otterden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9453
Four figure Latitude: 51.24317933
Four figure longitude: 0.77805364
1:25K map: TQ9453
1:10K map: TQ95SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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