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Description: | A complete copper-alloy double sided coin weight of Post-Medieval date.It is square in form and trapezoidal in section. The obverse depicts the half-length figure of James I holding a sceptre and orb surrounded by traces of a legend that possibly reads I.R. BRIT. The reverse depicts a crown beneath which is the value XXII/S, all within a beaded circle.This coin weight measures 17.83mm in length, 17.53mm in width, 4.32mm in thickness, 9.42g in weight (145.37 grains).This is a British coin weight for a unite of James I, valued at 22 shillings as indicted on the weight itself. It falls slightly below the standard weight of 155 grains, and is likely to date to between 1604-1619 AD (see Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 25, 68).
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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