Find Spot record BSE 643 - Medieval lead weight, 75 Fornham Road
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Summary
Lead weight 1. Formerly recorded as BSE MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 8560 6456 (point) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL86SE |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
Lead weight 1.9 cm x 1.95cm which has white patination. One side has Manus Dei and the letters A and M in Lombardic capitals; the other has an eagle displayed within a frame.
"My guess is that it is a weight and that it foreshadows the fairly common brass weights of the late C16 and early C17... Your weight is clearly earlier ... Early C16 at the latest I should think" Brian Spencer, Museum of London. See Moyses Hall file for correspondence and examples of later brass weights. Loaned by K Maddock who found it in his garden (S1).
Formerly recorded as BSE MISC
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Record last edited
Apr 30 2018 3:54PM