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Description: | Post-medieval copper-alloy coin weight, AD 1500-1632. The coin weight is square in shape and uniface in design. The design consists of a shield with a harp in the lower left corner, all of which are possibly within a tressure. Original surface in a poor condition with a dark brown patina. It measures 19.8mm by 19.16mm, is 4.94mm thick and weighs 13.10g or 3.10g. Coin weights were used to check the weights of individual, usually gold, coins. Similar coin weights can be found in Withers, P. and B. 1995. Lions, Ships and Angles: Identifying Coin Weights found in Britain., and Saunders, P. (ed). 2001. Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3. Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Page120-123. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1632 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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