Find Spot record 15378/7 - Metal Detecting Find from Hampton

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-1F6553 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

A cast lead alloy weight of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500-1800. The object is circular in plan with a raised circumferential rim. The upper face is stamped with the numerals II. The lower surface is flat and undecorated. The object has a light-brown patina. Lead weights are common throughout the Medieval and Post-Medieval period. Dimensions: 37mm in diameter, 5.5mm thick, 51.6g. Weights of this type with numerals are consistent with the Roman weight-system as well as the averdepois system, thus they could equally be sixteenth century (see 3). Given the growing number of these lead weights being found in the North West, it is more probable that these weights are significantly later in date (seventeenth to eighteenth centuries AD). Other examples recorded on the PAS include: LVPL-947F06, LVPL-29C770, LVPL-9463C6 and LVPL-AF7CA4.

<2> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-1F6553 (Web Site). SCH5176.

<3> Biggs N. & Withers P., 2000, Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection (Book). SCH8602.