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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy square coin weight for a ryal from James I (AD 1612).Obverse: 'Spur' composed of sun in splendour with rose in centre, surrounded by eight tressures containing alternate lions and lis. Each lis is cupped by an ornament.Reverse: XVIs crown above, VID below. Crowned I countermark.Dimensions: length: 17.56mm; width: 17.19mm; thickness: 3.41mm; weight: 6.49g.Reference: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin-Weights. Galata; Powys. P. 35-36 no.396.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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