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Description: | A cast copper-alloy trade weight of Elizabeth I, c.1588-1603AD. It is circular in form with a recessed front face and flat back face. On the front face are stamped marks of standardisation for the averdepois weight system around a central incised circle. Thus, at 12 O'clock is an inverted ewer (Founders Company, London mark) with a sword and the crowned letters EL close together at 6 O'clock and representing the City of London (Guildhall) and the royal cypher of Elizabeth I. The letter A often noted on trade weights and standing for averdepois is missing in this example due to its low denomination. The weight measures 30.19mm in diameter, 2.87mm in thickness, and weighs 12.63g, approximately half an ounce in the averdepois system. See Biggs, 1992: p. 50. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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