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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy coin weight for a Henry VIII gold sovereign (20 shillings).The weight is rectangular and of flat section, with relief-stamped/moulded designs on both sides. The obverse image, contained within a circular ropework border, shows the king seated on a throne, facing, holding an orb and sceptre. A similar border surrounds the reverse design, which comprises a crown over 'XX/S' (20 shillings). At the top left-hand corner of the reverse is the inverted and incuse mark 'VIII D'Length: 20mm; width: 19.6mm; thickness: 4.1mm. Weight: 11.89g.According to Withers and Withers, 'These are British-made weights for the sovereign (...) of Henry VIII. They were issued during the reigns of Elizabeth I or James I' (1995: 24). The stamped 'VIII D' has been added to show that the correct weight of the piece, 192 grains, is equivalent to eight pennyweights (Paul Withers pers. comm.).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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