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Description: | A very worn and corroded, square double-sided copper-alloy coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is for a rose ryal (30 shillings) of James I, 3rd coinage (1619-1625 AD; Withers & Withers 1995, 12, 40). The top right corner of the upper surface is counter stamped with a crowned 'I' (ibid., 67). At 178.0 grains this coin weight has lost around 9% of its original mass (196 grains, ibid. 12). The coin weight is slightly bevelled from the value side to the larger shield side. The edges of the weight are covered in file marks.Obverse description: Royal shield overlaid with bifurcated cross, circled by roses, lions and lis.Reverse description: Crown above 'XXX/S'Die axis: 9 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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