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Description: | A worn and corroded, circular double-sided copper-alloy coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is for a double crown (11 shillings) of James I, 2nd coinage, revalued (1604-1619 AD; Withers & Withers 1995, 13). At 72.5 grains this coin weight has lost around 6% of its original mass (77 grains, ibid. 13).Obverse description: Crowned bust facing rightObverse inscription: 'I. R. M. BRITAN'Reverse description: Crown above '. XI ./. S .'Die axis: 12 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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