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WEIGHT

Unique ID: LEIC-CDE873

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy cup weight, 34mm in diameter, 20mm high and weighing 56.03 grams. The object has a greenish patina. It is undecorated except for a doughnut shaped depression on its underside. There is a possible G stamped on the base inside the cup. Its sides are 3mm thick and taper outwards slightly. In form it matches weights dating to the 12-14th centuries.

Class: cup

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 56.03 g
Diameter: 34 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th April 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Blaby (District)
Parish or ward: Thurlaston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP4998
Four figure Latitude: 52.577616
Four figure longitude: -1.278345
1:25K map: SP4998
1:10K map: SP49NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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