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Finder
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Date Recorded
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Rod Blunt
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NORFOLK
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Sat December 3, 2005
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Recorded By
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Validated by
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Rod Blunt
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1279
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Rod Blunt
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Material
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Size (mm)
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Date
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Copper alloy
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7.85 x 8.10 x 7.71
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Circa AD 850 - 950
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supersize
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Description:
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Polyhedral weight with six square and eight smaller triangular faces. The square faces each have four dots and beaded edges; the triangular faces are plain.
Weights of this type are described by Nigel Mills in Saxon & Viking Artefacts, and are known with one to six dots on each face, indicating the denomination. The value of one unit has been calculated at 0.65 grams, but the present example (at 3.04 grams) is appreciably above its expected weight of 2.6 grams. They are found in Viking areas and are believed to have been used mainly for weighing hack gold.
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Keywords:
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Viking polyhedral bullion weight
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Object Type:
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Weight
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Object Classification:
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Bullion
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Object Sub-classification:
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Polyhedral
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Object Description:
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Object Inscription:
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Period:
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Anglo Saxon
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Date Range:
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Circa AD 850 - 950
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Primary Material:
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Copper alloy
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Additional Material:
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Method of Manufacture:
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Cast
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Surface Treatment:
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Condition:
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Weight (grams):
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3.04
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Size (mm):
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7.85 x 8.10 x 7.71
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References:
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Cf. Nigel Mills, Saxon & Viking Artefacts, V236 and Norman Biggs, Bullion Weights, 2060.
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Comments:
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Record created by:
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Rod Blunt
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Record creation date:
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3 December 2005
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Findspot:
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Besthorpe
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County:
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NORFOLK
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Recorded elsewhere:
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No
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Finder:
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Rod Blunt
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Metal Detector Used:
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Minelab Explorer II
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Record validated by:
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Rod Blunt
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Registered: June 2005