Record ID: LEIC-F90860
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy weight, 45mm in diameter and 31mm high. The object is in fair condition with a dark grey patina and weighs 250grams. The object is sub triangular in form with sides formed of seven flat tapering surfaces. It has a small depression in its upper surface, which would have held the suspension loop.
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-D63975
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy weight, 58mm long, 41mm wide and 16mm thick. The object is in a fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 261 grams. The weight is 'shield' shaped and has a raised border which contains the plantagenet crest of three lions. This sits on a slightly wider base which is about 12mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-42F146
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy weight, 62mm long and 21mm wide. The weight has a circular section and a 'droplet' form. It has an integral suspension loop which is lozenge shaped with a thick circular section and small central hole.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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-D6B0E7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy steelyard weight, 36mm high and 28mm wide. The weight has a roughly conical form with one straight side which looks hacked away. The weight has an iron suspension loop embedded in its upper surface which runs the length of the object and shows in the centre of the base.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-D6BDE6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy steelyard weight, 44mm in diameter and 11-16mm thick. The weight has been very roughly made and has uneven edges. It has an iron loop which runs through the whole object, showing as one piece in the base and two pieces in the upper surface, which would have formed the loop.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-D6E441
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy loom or net weight, 31mm long and 14mm in diameter. The weight is circular in section and rectangular in form, with a central hole, 5mm in diameter, running its length. It has slightly tapering edges and a rough surface with a grey patina.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-01AEB8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval ? Lead alloy sub-hexagonal weight, 21mm in diameter and 9mm thick. The weight is a brownish cream colour and is very roughly shaped, being part circular and part angular. It has the initials I(J)C imprinted onto its upper surface, but is otherwise plain. (weight not available)
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-EF97D5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, 54mm in diameter and 37mm high. The weighs 490 grams and has a grey patina The object is bell shaped with a flat upper and lower surface. There is a depression in the centre of the lower surface and it has a mark which resembles a downwards pointing arrow incised onto its side. It has no suspension loop or any sign of one.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-0B4174
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy disc weight, 35mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The weight has a greyish patina and is decorated with a raised design. The object has a raised border about 8mm in from the edge, this is overlain with four elipses, that continue to the edge, arranged like a flower. There are small raised dots scattered around this seemingly at random. The weight is described as a 'Floriated cross weight' by Norman Biggs and he says it dates to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-9E4806
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Undated Lead alloy oblong weight, 32mm long and 19mm wide. The weight has a greyish patina and is very roughly made. It tapers slightly in width, getting narrower at the top and it has an angled base. There is a hole in the upper centre of the weight.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-9EF5E7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval? lead weight, 57mm in diameter and 32mm high. The weight is roughly made with a grey/brown patina. It is circular with straight sides and has a large raised cross, 10mm high, on its upper surfac. It weighs exactly one pound. There are similar examples in the David Rogers book 'Lead Weights' however, he makes no attempt at dating them and say they could be Iron age or eighteenth century!
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-9F6C82
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy weight, 35mm high and 28mm in diameter. The weight is bell shaped with a thick base. It has a greyish patina and has an integral suspension loop which has snapped off.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 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-316335
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead alloy weight, 45mm high and 29mm in diameter. The weight has a grey/white patina and has a conical form which flares slightly half way down, giving a wider lower half. It has an integral suspension loop at its top, which is squared off.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-B061F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
medieval? lead alloy weight, 52mm in diameter and 18mm thick, with a weight of 484 grams. The weight has various impressions in its upper surface, some of which overlap. There is a clear letter R, a decorative cross and a flower motif. The flower motif in particular is known on weights that date from the 15th to 18th centuries.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-B39A91
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
lead alloy conical weight, 17mm in diameter, 9.5mm high with a weight of 18.4grams. The weight is conical but with seven straight sides and a small flat upper surface. It has a circular recess in its underside with a small hole for suspension in its upper surface.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-05ECE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight or counter, 17mm in diameter, 4mm thick and 7.01grams in weight. The object is plain with no obvious markings and has a pewter/grey patina. It may have been used as a coin weight?
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-44D616
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy weight, 35mm in diameter, 17mm thick with a weight of 144 grams. The weight has a circular profile with flat upper and lower surfaces and rounded 'bowed' sides. It has a raised border on its upper surface which is a dark beige colour. The rest of the object is a light greyish colour. There are no markings on the object to suggest its use, but is probably a trade weight.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9CBF11
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight. The object is circular and bun shaped with a slightly concaved base. There are no obvious markings and the surface is in poor condition. It is 17mm in diameter, 6mm thick with a weight of 9.8grams.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.