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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Medieval coin weight. It is square in form, rectangular in section and with slightly bevelled edges. The front face depicts a ship with rose at the centre of the hull, within a beaded circular border. The reverse face has stamped lettering over two lines reading D (in retrograde)/VI, which may be a makers stamp or mark of value/weight. It measures 13.74mm in length, 13.36mm in width, 5.79mm in thickness and 7.57g (116.6 grains) in weight.This is a coin weight for a British Medieval ryal (c.1464-1470 AD), falling just below the standard weight of 120 grains (Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 19, 68). It is likely to date to the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period of the 15th-16th centuries AD.
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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