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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy coin weight for a Thistle Crown of post-Medieval date (1601-1620). The coin weight is square in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section and has slightly bevelled edges.One side of the coin weight depicts a crown with IIIIS below it and 4D 1/2 below that. All these elements are contained within a circle formed from sub-oval pellets. However, most of the pellets are off the flan. The other side has a crowned thistle. The thistle divides the initials I R in the field.The coin weight is for a thistle crown (equal to 4 shillings and 4 pence) issued during the reign of James I.This coin weight has a mid green brown patina overall. 11.1 x 10.4 x 2.1mm. Weight: 1.76g. (27.2grains). A similar example can be seen in Biggs 1992 'English Weights - an illustrated survey', pp 28-29.
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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