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Description: | A worn, double-sided, cast copper alloy coin weight of Post Medieval date. It is sub-square in plan view with corners that have been rounded by abrasion. The coin weight is sub-rectangular in cross section. Both faces are extremely faint but an arch with a possible figure is just discernable on one side, and a possible figure is depicted on the opposing side.The coin weight is probably Post Medieval date due to its square shape. Further identification is not possible and the denomination of coin that the weight was used for is unknown. The coin measures 10.99mm x 11.69mm x 2.46mm. The sides are very corroded so it was probably larger originally. It weighs 1.58g. It is noted under reference WAW-D64BE1 for a similar unidentifiable square coin weight that 'The use of square weights tend to date to the mid 16th to 1632, more commonly they are found to date between c. 1620 and c. 1632 (Biggs, N. 1992 English Weights: An Illustrated Survey White House Publications p. 28). An Act of Parliament forbade the use of square weights after 1632 (Houben, G. 1978 European Coin - Weights for English Coins Boerhave Museum, Leiden, Holland).'
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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