Medieval Lead Weights
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| | Post-Medieval 'Charles I' Lead Weight 022623 | Post-Medieval Stuart Period 'Charles I' Lead Weight Lead, 56.10 grams, 33.52 mm. 17th century AD. A cast lead weight bearing the stamped impression of a seal comprising a circular border surrounding a royal crown above the initials 'CR'. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, vol.1, Langport, 2001 item 875, 879. Very fine condition. Provenance: found near King's Lynn, Norfolk, in 1988. | £70.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Trade Weight 020274 | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Trade Weight Lead, 115 grams, 42.34 mm. 13th-15th century AD. A substantial trade weight formed as a heater shield-shaped block with a raised central panel. The surround has a pattern of radiating billets. The inner shield bears a rampant lion. Reference: Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item M18-0201. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Wirral, Cheshire, England. | £125.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight 020760 | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight Lead, 125 grams, 47.34 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised rampant lion upon a raised field, with angled line ornament to the narrow step. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 92 for a lighter example of this general type. Very fine condition, with small contemporary piercing to enable suspension from the top. | £70.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Fleur de Lis' Weight 020767 | Medieval 'Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 245 grams, 61.38 mm tall. 14th century AD. A large cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised fleur within a recessed field. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 116 for a lighter example of this type. Very fine condition, with contemporary piercing. | £45.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight 021300 | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight Lead, 50 grams, 35.56 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised rampant lion upon a raised field with narrow step. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 92 for a lighter example of this general type. Fine condition. | £20.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Fleur de Lis' Weight 020762 | Medieval 'Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 85 grams, 47.94 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised fleur design. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 116 for a lighter example of this type. Very fine condition. | £60.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight 020758 | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 105 grams, 41.07 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised double fleur on a slightly raised field with narrow step. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 105 for a lighter example of this type. Good fine condition. | £45.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight 020759 | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 27 grams, 31.31 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised double fleur. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 105 for a lighter example of this type. Very fine condition. | £30.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight 021299 | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 75 grams, 44.48 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised double fleur on a slightly raised field with narrow step. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 105 for a lighter example of this type. Very fine condition. | £35.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight 020761 | Medieval 'Double Fleur de Lis' Weight Lead, 105 grams, 44.27 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of heater shield shape, bearing a raised double fleur within a recessed field. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 105 for a lighter example of this type. Very fine condition. | £40.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight 020766 | Medieval 'Rampant Lion' Weight Lead, 115 grams, 51.22 mm tall. 14th century AD. A cast uniface weight of kite shield shape with highly raised centre element, bearing a raised stylised rampant lion. Reference: see Biggs & Withers Lead Weights, The David Rogers Collection, number 91 for a lighter example of this type. Fine condition with unusually wide step. | £45.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Hexagonal' Pendant Weight 017332 | Medieval ‘Hexagonal’ Pendant Weight Lead, 105 grams, 45.40 mm. 15th-16th century AD. A hexagonal weight of about 8mm thickness. The upper surface bears a bilinear 'starburst' design within a shallow border. A small iron wire hoop (about 7.7mm long) is held within the lead casting, forming a suspension loop. Lead plates cast into a variety of shapes were used in the medieval period, sometimes to check currency or as personalised sets for easy recognition. Reference: Biggs, N. & Withers, P. Lead Weights - The David Rogers Collection, The English Weights Series - 6, Llanfyllin, 2000 especially cf.p.68 item 278. Good fine condition. Provenance: found Co Durham, England. | £35.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Steelyard' Weight 015048 | Medieval 'Steelyard' Weight Lead, 395 grams, 49.49 mm. Circa 14th century AD. A cast weight of hexagonal shape and tiered and weighing just under 14 ounces. The body of the weight has an excised cross on two opposing sides and to the underside. A small copper-alloy suspension loop set into the top centre; for use on a steelyard. Reference: Biggs, N. & Withers, P. Lead Weights, for general information. Provenance: found Lincolnshire. A large weight in very fine condition. | £75.00  |  |
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