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LOT 1645
Medieval Bronze Heraldic Weight Casing
LATE 13TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (137 grams, 61 mm).
Globular in form with a sub-triangular projection to apex pierced for suspension; three raised heater-shields to the equator displaying various (worn) heraldic devices, a lion, a spread eagle and an unidentified device; portion of base and lower body lost in antiquity. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme record id. BERK-140822.
Footnotes
Official London weights carried the arms of Richard Earl of Cornwall, his son Edmund or the de Clares; the lion rampant, the spread eagle or the chevrons (Ward Perkins (1940: 171-173).
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