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MEDIEVAL WEIGHT
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Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with a rounded lower edge and base. Lightly patinated. The mass is uncommonly large for a weight of this material and form, though it might be paralleled by a single weight from a late medieval context in London (Egan 1998, table 15, page 317, no. 1015; a round weight of 266gms mass possibly representing three quarters of an English Troy pound), and by another round weight reported along with this one. Against such an association is the surface condition of this example, which is markedly less patinated and battered than its companion. Suggested date: possibly Late Medieval, 1400-1450.Diameter: 43.9mm, Thickness: 21.8mm, Weight: c.270gms.
| Artist / Maker | Anonymous, Troy |
|---|---|
| Date | 1400 |
| Culture / Origin | Troy, United Kingdom |
| Department | Troy |
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