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Early Medieval lead weight
Short stubby cylinder-shaped lead weight.
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.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
96.41H [508]
Find Information
Site Name: Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey
Grid Reference: SH 515 813
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1996 / Sep / 2
Measurements
diameter / mm:18
thickness / mm:9.5
weight / g:26.8
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