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Description: | A copper alloy bullion cup weight, meant to have been a 1oz weight. However, it weighs 0.9445oz. 1oz cup weights should be equivalent to 20dwt and 31.1g. Instead it translates to 18.89dwt and 26.78g. Cup weights were used from the 14th century to help weigh gold and silver items, largely coins. However cup weights were widely used from the 17th century onwards, giving this one a probable post Medieval date ('Bullion Weights', by Norman Biggs). It measures 28.6mm x 12.8mm x 3.9mm. There is a parallel to this in 'Bullion Weights' by Norman Biggs (p.17).
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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