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Medieval steelyard weight
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Somerset County Council, Robert Webley, 2013-04-22 16:19:50
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Medieval steelyard weight
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English: A curved fragment of the outer cast copper-alloy casing of a medieval globular steelyard weight. It would originally have had a lead core held within the complete casing. The fragment has irregular breaks all around its edge, but bears a decoratively cast shield in relief. The shield has a straight top and convex sides meeting at a point at the bottom with a raised design of a lion rampant on it. The fragment measures 39.4mm long, 37.9mm wide and the casing is c. 1.9mm thick; it weighs 23.65g.

Such globular weights with raised shield designs on a copper-alloy casing around an lead core are medieval in date. Official examples were produced under a monopoly held by Richard Earl of Cornwall and Poitou, or of his son Edmund, the second Earl during the later 13th century. The lion rampart is part of their arms (Poitou). More precise dating can be indicated by the combination of arms used on the weight, which cannot be extrapolated from such a fragment.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date between 1250 and 1350
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 556569
Old ref: SOM-5224C4
Filename: SOM-5224C4.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/424204
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/424204/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/556569
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