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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LVPL-BEE210
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a larger cast lead alloy weight or token that likely dates to the late medieval to post medieval periods (1450-1700).
The object is roughly sqaure in shape and has a rasied decoration on both sides. One faces depicts a teardrop-shaped loop with an 'X' in the centre that has four pellets in each quadrant. The oppostie face has a series of crescents and pellets arround in a seemingly random manner.
The object might have a functioned as a pan or apothecary weight which were similarly decorated with raised crosses and pellets (Biggs and Withers 2000: 51).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th October 2019 - Saturday 9th November 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Selby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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