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Description: | A double-sided copper-alloy square coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is for a 10 shilling coin of Charles I - either a gold angel or double crown.
Many such weights are countermarked with a crowned 'I', a hangover from the reign of James I (Withers and Withers 1995, 67). On this example the stamp is in the top righthand corner of the reverse face; this is the case with another 10 shilling coin weight recorded on this database (HESH-5AB641), while a different example was struck in the top lefthand corner (SUR-45BBA8). Of the three, only this current example bears an incised numeral - a '6' below the countermark, although also aligned with the value. On the upper surface there is a lozengiform insert, used to adjust the weight of this coin weight.
The lower surface of this coin weight is far more worn than the upper. Biggs (1992, 30) notes that square coin weights were succeeded by round ones in 1632. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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