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Description: | A complete and worn 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 XI/[], all within a beaded circle.This coin weight measures 15.53mm in length, 15.44mm in width, 3.03mm in thickness, 4.44g in weight (68.52grains).This is a British coin weight for a half unite of James I, valued at 11 shillings as indicted on the weight itself. It falls slightly below the standard weight of 77 and a half 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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