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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight of James I (AD 1603-1625). The weight is square and flat. Due to wear, only one side is legible. This side depicts a crown with the letters II . S beneath and IX . D below that. The weight has a mid brown pattination and is completely worn on the obverse.Parallels for this coin can be found in Withers and Withers (1993, 40, nos. 455-457) though their existence as a denomination of James I is disputed.Dimensions: length: 10.36 mm; width: 10.76 mm; thickness: 1.54 mm; weight: 0.94g.Reference: Withers, P & B. 1993. British Coin-Weights: A Corpus of the Coin-Weights made for use in England, Scotland and Wales.Llanfyllin: Galata Print Ltd.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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