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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-847A53
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible weight. Cast disc with a plain cross casually incised on both sides, and with intermediate arms added by lighter cuts between the arms of the cross on one side only, after the fashion of the Union Flag. The other side also bears supplementary lines, but these are parallel to one of the bars of the plain cross. Patinated. The mass of the object could suggest it to represent six [slightly overweight] pennyweight in the English Troy system introduced from the later Middle Ages (Egan 1998, table 14 - in which 12 pennyweight = 18.70gms); arrangements of scratches occasionally appear on weights from London's waterfront (ibid. fig. 233 nos 982 and 987; fig. 233 no. 990), though this value does not figure among them. The long cross motif may hint at an association with small denomination coinage. It might alternatively have distinguished a board-game piece from others: these were often ephemeral or improvised items. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500.
Diameter: 29mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 9.93gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 9.93 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40565
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wharton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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