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Post-medieval weight: Apothecary's weight
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2013-01-25 12:26:27
Title
Post-medieval weight: Apothecary's weight
Description
English: A copper alloy apothecary's weight dating to the post-medieval or early modern period. The weight is square with bevelled edges. On each face is engraved the symbol for 1 drachm, the apothecary's unit of meassure, The symbol can be described as 3i. This type of weight would have been issued in a set. They date from around the 18th century, possibly into the 19th century AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1700 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 541014
Old ref: BERK-120248
Filename: 2012339.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/413404
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/413404
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/541014
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Object location51° 33′ 48.96″ N, 1° 14′ 35.27″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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