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Description: | Cast copper alloy square coin weight with a possible crown on one face and part of a bust facing right on the other. The weight now weighs only 0.81g, which is 12.35 grains, so it must have been used for a lower denomination, like a half crown (1.2g), considering that some of it is missing.Withers (1995) illustrates a coin weight for the halfcrown of James I on page 15, IIs IXD (a), with crowned Roman numerals on one face and the bust of James I facing right on the opposite face, which dates from c.1604 -1619.But without any numerical values or clear images, it is very difficult to date this weight.
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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