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A complete lead-alloy weight with copper-alloy insert of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1100. The weight is sub-circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The upper, rounded surface is inset with a spherical piece of copper-alloy. The base is flat and undecorated.<\/p>\n\n
The weight is 21.7mm in diameter, 13.6mm thick and weighs 29.2g.<\/p>\n\n
Viking weights are known from the Danelaw with coins (SWYOR-D00CF2<\/a>) and other copper-alloy items (YORYM-9624E2<\/a>) inset within them. These are usually circular or 'bun' shaped although square weights are known. Examples have also been recorded from the Viking winter camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n\n Such weights are an insular Viking phenomenon believed to have been used for weighing precious metals while trading in the Viking period. Standardised weight sets featuring polyhedral and truncated sphere weights were commonly used in Scandinavia and were brought over to England. The need for such objects increased leading to the production of these personalised weight sets which used fragmentary insular artefacts as decorative and identifiable insets.<\/p>\n\n Ref: Blackburn, M. (2011) The Viking Winter Camp at Torksey, 827-3. In: Blackburn, M ed. Viking Coinage and Currency in the British Isles. London: Spink, pp.221-264.<\/p>\n\n",
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