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Description: | Square copper alloy coin weight of James I (AD1603-1625) for a half crown coin of the second coinage (c.AD1612-1619). Obverse has a bust of the king facing right with a legend that is largely missing, having been stamped of the edge of the weight, probably I.R. BRIT. The reverse has an arched crown with IIS followed by a lis IXD preceeded by a crown or lis, below. There is also a stamped countermark I with Lis above to the left of the crown.Dimensions 10.47mm x 10.25mm, Thickness: 1.57mm. Weight 1.12gWithers No.565Ref: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin Weights. A Corpus of Coin-Weights made for use in England, Scotland and Ireland Galata; Powys.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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