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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-9B4723
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead-alloy possibly Roman weight, dating to AD 43-402. It has a crude disc-shape and a rectangular perforation in the middle. A broken rectangular cross-sectioned iron shaft passes through the central perforation. Both faces of the weight have other incomplete iron projections around the central shaft, three on one face and two on the other. The face with two projections have short punched linear marks at right angle to each face of the central iron shaft.
Diameter: 38.85 mm
Height: 12.55 mm
Height, including the shaft: 30.33 mm
Weight: 94.71 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 42
Date to: Circa AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 12.55 mm
Weight: 94.71 g
Diameter: 38.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's reference: Bay Thorne End, Field 3, no. 13.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
References cited
No references cited so far.
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