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Early Saxon weight
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Norfolk County Council, Erica Darch, 2013-08-19 14:53:43
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Early Saxon weight
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English: Cast discoidal weight, flat face with nineteen ring-and-dots arranged in the form of a cross potent, rounded chamfer around edge on base. A small almost central perforation in the face splays on the reverse and contains the remains of a plug comprising decayed pale grey/whitish material, probably lead. Diameter 14mm, thickness 4mm. Weighing 53.6 grains, 3.48 g.

This weight bears resemblance to some Early Anglo-Saxon weights and may relate to a weight system based on a unit of c. 3.1 g (Scull 1990, 187). However if the plug were intact the difference in weight would be even greater.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 410 and 650
Accession number
FindID: 573546
Old ref: NMS-2217D2
Filename: 30401_ES_Weight_1.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/436832
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/436832/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/573546
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