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WEIGHT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D6A807
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight or possible gaming piece, circular in plan with flattened faces, both of which have a prominent raised rim which is c4.5mm broad. The object is worn and the decoration is indistinct, but one side appears to have a moulded design which may be a shield, and the other has a letter H incised into the central area. It is 27.6mm in diameter, 5.5mm thick at the rim and c4mm thick in the countersunk area, and it weighs 24.6g.
Probably a 1 ounce trade weight, and likely to date from c.1300 - 1800
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 24.6 g
Diameter: 27.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th December 2017 - Saturday 9th December 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
To be known as: Whitwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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