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Description: | A complete copper-alloy double-sided coin weight of the Shield of British arms Post-Medieval date.It is square in form and trapezoidal in section. The obverse depicts a shield of British arms with lion, lis and rose border around a shield, within a circular beaded border. The reverse depicts a crown beneath which is the value XXX/s for 30 shillings, counterstruck with a crowned letter I for James, all within a beaded circular border.This coin weight measures 19.56mm in length, 19.49mm in width, 4.23mm in thickness, 11.74g in weight.This coin weight is for the British Monarch King James I. It is a Shield of British arms to the value of 30 shillings (P and BR Withers, 1995, p.40). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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