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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper alloy square double-sided coin weight (1580).This weight was manufactured in Antwerp by an unknown issuer. One face bears a design consisting of an upright hand within a wreath with a beaded border. The hand is flanked by the letters R_ I with a letter V set between them and below. Numerals: 8_0, above at either side represent the date of 1580. This mark is listed by Withers & Withers 1995: 61 (Lions, Ships and Angels), but the maker is unknown. The other face has a crowned rose with E_C flanking, all within a beaded border.This coin weight is worn and corroded.Length: 15.33mm; width: 14.82mm; thickness: 1.92mm. Weight: 2.60g.A similar coin weight from Fincham Parish, Norfolk, has been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See find: NMS-E06447.Withers & Withers (1995, p. 10) state that Antwerp was 'an important economic centre for several centuries and the hub of coin-weight manufacture in the Southern Netherlands, where more than 70 makers are known to have made weights over a three-century period' starting in the early 16th century.
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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