File:Weight - copper-alloy apothecary's weight (FindID 1000657).jpg

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Weight - copper-alloy apothecary's weight
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Rod Trevaskus, 2021-03-24 09:28:44
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Weight - copper-alloy apothecary's weight
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English: A complete copper-alloy apothecary's weight of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1700 - 1800.

The square weight is rectangular in cross-section and is engraved on both sides with the traditional symbol for the apothecary's unit of measure 2 drachms. The symbol can be described in its basic form as 3y. An umlaut is present over the y.

The metal has a dark greenish-brown patina and is worn. The weight is 12.17 mm long and 11.16 mm wide, 2.20 mm thick and weighs 2.36g. The weight is a little less than the standard two drachms (3.54g). 

Biggs (1994, p.9) discuses such weights stating that apothecaries broke away from the Grocers Company in 1617 and were granted a Royal Charter. They subsequently used a weight system which was based on the traditional sub-divisions but using the English Troy ounce which was 31.1g (8 drachms) according to the standards set in 1588.

Ref: Biggs, N. (1994) Apocatheries Weights. Llanfyllin: Galata Print.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1000657
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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/1139511
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1139511/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1000657
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Object location53° 12′ 18.72″ N, 0° 07′ 00.23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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