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Description: | A complete copper alloy post-medieval British coin weight, dating to the period 1612-19. Weight for the spur ryal of James I, second coinage, revaluation.OBV: Crowned XVIs/ VIdREV: Sun symbolWithers and withers (1995, 38) write that 'weights bearing this symbol are for the spur ryal, so called because the symbol resembles a spur. The objec at the centre is a rose; lions and lis complete the design'. Length: 16.67mm, width: 16.45mm, thickness: 3.60mm, weight: 6.68g | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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