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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-C1682B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy weight. Cast discoid weight with a depressed upper face with lathe-turned lines as a border and bearing inspection counter-stamps of a cinquefoil and an open crown. The crown may have been the mark of the Grocer's Company from the 15th century. Despite having been checked twice, the mass indicates this to be an underweight quarter of an averdepois ounce - a value kindly suggested by the finder, though it is closer to two [overweight] drachms of 3.41gms. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Diameter: 18.5mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 6.15gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 6.15 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38061
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: East Markham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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