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Description: | A complete post-medieval copper-alloy laurel (20s) coin weight with the official counterstamp/verification mark of James I (1603-1625). The coin weight is square in plan. Length: 18.8mm; width: 19.2mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Mass: 7.8g.
On the obverse is a raised laureate bust within a circle of pellets. On the reverse there is a raised crown surmounting the value - XXs (i.e. 20 shillings). In the top left corner of the reverse there is the official counterstamp/verification mark of James I.
In, "English Weights an illustrated suvey" (1992, p28), Biggs comments that in about 1620 there was an upsurge in the use of coin weights and in the following decade many were produced. They are square and made of brass and many have the standard reverse of a crown surmounting the relevant value of the coin. Biggs adds that in 1632 the King was moved to ban the use of quare weights, and a new official, issue of round brass weights was made in large numbers (ibid. p30).
The coin weight has a dark green patina, slightly chipped and pitted in parts, particularly the edges, to reveal a lighter green dull surface. There are a series of parallel grooves/striations on the obverse. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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