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Description: | A cast copper-alloy double-sided coin weight of Post-Medieval date. It is square in form, rectangular in section and carries stamped marks on both faces. The obverse depicts a ship within an inner circle, while the reverse carries a hand with the letters B S to either side, all within an inner circle. It measures 14.15mm in length, 14.29mm in width, 4.04mm in thickness, and weighs 5.90g (approximately 91 grains). The presence of the hand on the reverse indicates that this weight is of continental production and probably from Antwerp, the unknown moneyers initials represented by the letters B S, the ship indicating it was intended for weighing a British noble (see Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 20, 60, 68). This weight is of Post-Medieval date, probably dating from the mid-16th to 17th centuries AD.
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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