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Early Medieval lead weight
Circular lead weight of truncated conical form with a flat base and top.
Viking lead weight for weighing silver.
The lead weights found at Llanbedr-goch show that people there were heavily involved in trade around the Irish Sea and beyond. Traders bartered or exchanged goods, or paid mainly in silver by weight.
WA_SC 14.2
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.50H [1125]
Find Information
Site Name: Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Grid Reference: SH 515 813
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1997 / Sep / 2
Acquisition
Donation, 11/1998
Measurements
maximum diameter / mm:22.5
diameter / mm
minimum diameter / mm:14.5
diameter / mm
thickness / mm:9
weight / g:26.9
Material
lead
Techniques
cast
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Viking Objects
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