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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: BH-4B8786
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A worn copper-alloy coin weight for a Thistle Crown of James I (1604 - 1619).
The weight is sub-rectangular and of flat section. On one side is a relief-stamped crown over the value mark, 'IIII [S]/(4 D 1/2)'; the other side has a crowned thistle, which divides the letters I' and 'R' ('Iacobus Rex'). A beaded circular border surrounds the design on this side.
Length: 11.6mm; width: 11.3mm; thickness: 1.4mm; weight: 1.21g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1604
Date to: Exactly AD 1619
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.6 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/16 - 5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Chiltern (District)
To be known as: Chartridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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