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Description: | Post Medieval, cast copper alloy traders weight of Charles I (1625-1649) or Charles II (1660-1685). It is disk shaped and flat with official stamps on one side. The weight is particularly small, measuring 10.9mm in diameter, 2.5mm in thickness and weighs 1.57g/ 0.056oz. It is probably one sixteenth of an ounce (0.0625g), with some weight lost though corrosion and damage. It would have originally been part of a set of weights and bears official marks showing it was made in London and verified by the founders company allowing it to be used in markets and shops as an official weight.It is stamped with:Crowned C (for Charles I or II) at 12 o'clock.An ewer (for the founders company who had a Royal charter to verify trade weights) at 6 o'clock.
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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