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Title: steelyard weight ?
Post by: peanut on January 22, 2012, 10:29:08 PM
I thought that this was a steelyard weight but I  have been unable to find a rectangular steelyard weight anywhere on the net and wondered what others made of this find I made today.? It weighs 337gms or 11&3/4 oz


Title: Re: steelyard weight ?
Post by: Chef Geoff on January 22, 2012, 10:36:39 PM
Looks OK to me Peanut. This one is only half the size of yours but you can see the similarities;

(http://finds.org.uk/images/thumbnails/283396.jpg)<acronym title="The Portable Antiquities Scheme">PAS</acronym> record number: ESS-C26BD5

Object type: Weight

Broadperiod: Roman

County of discovery: Essex

Stable url: <a href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/385952" title="ESS-C26BD5: a Roman Weight">http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/385952 (http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/385952)[/url]


Title: Re: steelyard weight ?
Post by: peanut on January 23, 2012, 12:40:46 AM
thanks Geoff thats almost identical.
If its possibly Roman it will be the second Roman find on this field which is promising. All I've found for the past 4x weeks are hundreds of buttons ? I reckon its where all the locals took their girls for a bit of necking. They must have gone home with their clothes falling off lol ::)


Title: Re: steelyard weight ?
Post by: wayno on January 23, 2012, 08:40:05 AM
well done I had one similar to that on a rally once


Title: Re: steelyard weight ?
Post by: peanut on January 23, 2012, 02:39:57 PM
thanks Wayno.  I wonder how many of these have been thrown in the junk bin or the nearest hedge over the years ? I think I would have worked out that it was a weight but until I saw one similar I just assumed that it was fairly modern . I'm quite chuffed to find it but its so bluddy heavy and big i'm at a loss what to do with it , it won't fit in a coin bag lol  ;D


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