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Description: | A copper-alloy coin weight dated to AD1632-1649. Obverse is illegible but would have originally shown a crowned bust left of Charles I, AD1625-1649. Obverse is almost illegible reading [CAROLVS/.]REX. Reverse shows .XX. with double arched crown above and .S. below. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 8.25g, diameter is 19.6mm, thickness is 3.8mm.See Biggs, N. English Weights: An Illustrated Survey 1992, White House Publications, p.30-31.
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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