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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy coin weight for the crown of the double rose (1526-1544).This Antwerp coin weight is double-sided and square in plan, sub-rectangular in cross section. The design on one side has a crowned rose with E to the left and C to the right, all within a beaded circle. The other side has an upright hand with 5 above I to the right. Letters/numerals to the left are illegible.The sides are straight (not bevelled or filed).Length: 16.1mm; width: 15.8mm; thickness: 1.8mm. Weight: 2.93g. (45.2 grains).A very similar weight can be seen in Withers and Withers 1995: 35.Withers comments (page 35) that 'the crown of the double rose was a popular coin in Europe, Curiously, many weights with this design were made in Germany and Low Countries for both the crown issued 1526-44 weighing 57.5 grains and for the later issue weighing 48.0 grains'.Withers, P. & Withers, B. 1995. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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