Record ID: LEIC-914507
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy hawking whistle, 72mm long, 38mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 45.28g. The object is sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section and consists of three sections. Firstly is a circular cross sectioned hollow whistle with a semi-circular air hole in its upper surface. On the opposite to the hole is a rectangular cross sectioned shaft which is broken off and the break has the traces of part of a centrally placed circular hole. Projecting forward from this is a curved, circular cross sectioned 'Corvid' like zoomorphic head. Where it joins …
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Earl Shilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-76F6E3
Object type: WHEEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy wheel part, 47mm long, 43mm wide and 3-6mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 116 grams. The object is shaped like half a tube, rectangular in form and semi-circular in section. Each end has a raised lip c.4mm deep. Its external face has three distinct surfaces, the central one has a rectangular recess and appears to be designed to hold the object in place. One side of the object, around the lip, has clear signs of wear, consistant with rotation and the whole of the inner surface has been worn smooth.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-05B335
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval, copper alloy trade weight? 14mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The weight is in good condition with a green patina and a weight of 2.59grams. The weight is marked with the ewer of the London founders company who issued the weights and has what appears to be a crown minus the monarchs initial? The shape of the weight and the marks fit with the smaller ones issued between 1590 and 1826, but without an initial its not datable.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-16A725
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 21mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 6.4grams. It has a lipped upper edge surrounding a flat surface which is stamped with a ewer and a sword, the marks of the London trade guild. The weight is dated by the st. Georges cross contained within a shield, the mark of the Commonwealth.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-C588C1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 15mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.36grams. The weight has a raised upper edge and is stamped with the Royal cipher of one of the King Georges
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-CE8154
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 28mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 12.44 grams. It is circular with tapering sides and a small lip. Its surface is decorated with the ewer and sword, symbols for the London guild which regulated weights. It has a royal cipher, a crowned I for James I, only the base of the crown is visible.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrussington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9121B5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 33.7mm in diameter and 4.9mm thick. The weight is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 23.24 grams. The weight is circular with a raised ridge on its upper side and is stamped with the ewer and sword of the London guild and also has a stamped crowned C for Charles I.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-6C5D86
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval/Post medieval copper alloy official trade weight, 64mm in diameter and 6mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 106grams. It is circular in form and rectangular in section with a raised lip, c.5mm wide. The lip is decorated with two concentric incised lines and a further two appear, evenly separated, on its inner surface. It is stamped with a crowned h, the official mark for the reigns of Henry VII and VIII.
Created on: Friday 20th November 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DCBE25
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 22mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 6.23grams. The weight is circular in form with a tapered edge. It is stamped with the Ewer mark for London and what is possibly I for James I.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-2092F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 27.6mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The weight has a tapering lip with a recessed surface. This has the sword and ewer marks of London stamped into it but the Royal cipher is not visible.
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-1DAADE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 1649-1660. The weight has a circular form and a rectangular cross section. It has a raised rectangular sectioned lip and is stamped with the Commonwealth arms of England and a sword for London.
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-D63B52
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 21mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object has a thick raised border, 3mm wide, and has slightly flared edges. It is stamped with a ewer and a sword, official marks for the city of London, and has a date stamp in the form of the St. Georges cross in a shield. This dates the object to the commonwealth period.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-E14C02
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval trade weight of Charles I or II, 19.5mm in diameter 4mm thick with a weight of 6.63grams. The weight is in good condition with a green patina. It has a raised rim on the upper side and sligthly flared sides. It bears three official marks, the ewer for the Founders Company who approved them, The sword for the Guildhall of London and the crown showing the monarch.
Created on: Friday 19th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-8D4BC5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy cup weight, 28mm in diameter, 12mm high, 1.5mm thick and weighing 18.11grams. The weight is in fair condition with a green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-321E63
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post medieval copper alloy tradeweight. The weight is circular with slightly tapering sides and a raised upper border. It is stamped with the Ewer and Sword for London and has the royal cypher of Charles I.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5950F1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 28mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object has a dark green/brown patina and is in good condition. The object is circular with slightly outward tapering sides. There is a raised border, 3mm wide, on its upper surface and inside this it is stamped with a sword, ewer and royal cipher of Elizabeth I (a crown with EL underneath). The object is an offical trade weight approved by the city of london and dates to post 1590, this being the year the system was introduced.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-7059B0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy tradeweight, 25mm in diameter and 3mm thick. the weight has a green patina and is heavily corroded which obscures its date mark. The weight is circular, has outward tapering sides and has an upper raised border 3mm thick.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-839542
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 36mm in diameter and 4mm deep. The weight is in good condition with a green patina. It has slightly tapering sides and the upper side has a raised border 4mm wide which is decorated with a central incised line. The centre is stamped with a ewer, a sword and the royal cipher of James I (a crown with I below). The reverse is decorated with a series of concentric incised lines running from the centre to 5mm from the edge.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-D69621
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Medieval? copper alloy object, 13mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object has a brown patina and is in fair condition. It is a disc which has one flat side and one concaved side. Each side shows a central circular depression, 3mm wide. The object may be a weight but perhaps more likley a gaming piece?
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A87442
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trade weight, 20mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is slightly damaged and has a green patina. The sides are slightly bevelled and the surface has a ridged border and is stamped with a ewer, a sword and the royal cipher of Charles I which is a crown with a C underneath.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-761C27
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trade weight of Charles I, 24mm in diameter and 4.5mm thick. The weight has outward sloping sides and has a raised border 2.5mm wide on its upper surface. The weight is stamped with the London Guildhall mark (Sword) and the Founders Company mark (Ewer) and contains the Royal cipher of Charles.
Created on: Monday 8th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-389892
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 25mm in diameter and 4.5mm thick. The weight is in a fair condition with slight damage and agreen patina. It has slightly tapering sides which terminate in a raised border on its upper side. This is punched with three symbols, the sword of London the ewer of the guild of Brasiers and the Royal cipher which is a crown with a C below it for Charles I. (?)Half ounce standard.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-649573
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? copper alloy trade weight,26mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The object is in good condition and has a dark brown patina. It has tapering sides and a raised upper border. It is stamped with a crown surrounded by a border of raised dots. There is a possible G stamped over the central circle, which would suggest a Georgian date?
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-6DE930
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight of Charles I or II. The object is circular and is inscribed on one side with a dagger and the royal cipher, a C below a crown.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-C5B9C1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 18mm in diameter and 5 grams in weight. The weight has no markings but has a ridge 2mm wide and 1mm proud of the upper surface. It is decorated with concentric circles incised into its upper surface, one on the ridge and two in the centre.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-CDE873
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: 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.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-64B0A2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 33mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 25.61grams. The weight is circular with tapering sides and a raised lip. It is a Georgian provincial weight as its bears the GR crowned mark. It has been over-stamped with the word AVOIR for Avoirdupois meaning 'goods of weight' which was probably done in 1826 when the new Imperial standard was introduced.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-7167C4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 24mm in diameter, 4mm thick and weighing 12.2grams. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a raised flat lip and is stamped on its upper surface with the Sword of the City of London and the royal cipher of a crowned W over an M for William and Mary, dating it to 1689-94.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-7CB672
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval circular trade weight (weight 6.63grams). There are 4 impressed marks: the sword, a shield bearing the cross of St George and possibly a wavy pattern in the quadrants, and a third less distinct mark which might be a ewer. The shield suggests it dates to the Commonwealth (1649-60).
Created on: Thursday 18th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-885A60
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 29mm diameter. The object has a raised upper edge and tapering sides and is stamped on its upper surface with a Crowned I, the cipher for James I.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9B1AF6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy weight, 12mm in diameter and 10mm high. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in section with an upper lip. It has a small rounded handle in the centre of its upper surface which is flanked by the numbers 5 and 8.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th September 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-9C58F2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post-medieval circular cup-shaped trade weight. The outer face is stamped with a five-petalled flower and 'I'. Diameter: 22.0mm, thickness: 5.0mm, weight: 12.01g
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enderby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-71473B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 65mm in diameter and 10mm thick with a weight of 211grams. The weight is circular inf rom with a rectangular cross section. It has a flat raised lip and is decorated with two concentric incised placed centrally bewteen the centre and the outer lip. The weight is stamped with three control marks. The ewer for the Foudners company, the sword for the City of London and a crowned C which dates it to the reign of Charles I, 1625-49.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-7F27D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy cup weight, 16mm in diameter, 7mm high and weighing 7.22grams. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in cross section with slightly tapering sides c. 2mm thick. The flat rim is decorated with twelve punched rings. The sides show signs of filing, possibly to adjust its weight. This is a cup weight, which would form part of anested set similar to an example published from Salisbury (Saunders, 2001: fig. 43 no. 28b) and from the PAS database (e.g. HAMP-8FA964, IOW-0A3577). It is of probable 13th to 14th century AD date.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-FA8416
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy weight, 175mm long, 120mm wide and 40mm thick with a weight of 6350g. (equating to 14lbs). The weight is shield shaped with a rectangular cross section. It has a pointed lower surface and an ornate upper surface formed of two rounded projections at each corner with a central rounded projection, which contains a large circular suspension hole, c.20mm in diameter. The object is decorated with a slightly raised motif featuring the lion and unicorn holding up a royal shield below a crown, with the initials G R III above. The wide plain border surrounding this…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-247EC1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy bullion weight, 18mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The object is very worn and weighs 4.70grams. The object is similar in form to a thick coin and is stamped with three I's across the middle of one surface.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-32D0C6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy weight 30mm in diameter, 14mm high and weighing 71.19 g. The object is circular in form and trapezoidal in cross section with a slightly domed upper surface.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F9CBDD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy weight, 1400-1500. Thickness: 4 mm, diameter: 18 mm, weight: 5.58 g The weight is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a raised upper border and is stamped with a crown and a possible second symbol on either side of a central circular recess. Biggs (p.48) notes 15th century weights which were just stamped with a crown and also comments that they are similiar to coin weights which are also stamped with a lis, used to weigh nobles and dating to the 1420s.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wollaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FC6191
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy guinea weight. 20mm in diameter with a weight of 7.41grams. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. One face is inscribed with a central crown and P and G above and 5 and 8 below. The other side is similar but missing the crown. The weight probably dates to 1750 to 1820. Cf. W2044D p.64. 'Lions, ships and Angels'
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B9A931
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, dated to reign of William III, 1694-1702. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in section with an upper raised lip. Its upper surface is stamped with a ewer and sword (London marks) and a crown with a W underneath.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.