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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy coin weight of Charles I (1625-1649), stamped with the initials CR beneath a crown with two arches surmounted by a cross, all within an oblong cartouche. There are two cavities in the edge of the weight and linear parallel striations on the back of the weight, which have been picked up from the mould. The weight weighs 2.65 grams which equates to about 41 grains, but is incomplete so could have originally weighed 2.98 grams or 46 grains, which could have been weighed against a sixpence, c.1601-1816 (Withers, 1995, 68).Withers (1995) illustrates a circular coin weight with the initials CR beneath a similar crown on pages 46 & 51, which was used for the silver sixpence made during the Civil War period.
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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