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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: OXON-2C3619
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy coin weight for gold crown of the double rose coin, made in Antwerp and dating to c.AD 1581 on the weight
The weight is square in plan and slightly trapezoidal in cross section, the lower surface being wider and longer than the upper surface.. The obverse depicts a hand in the centre (the mark of Antwerp) flanked by the initials R and I. The reverse has a floral design in a crowned shield with the year 1581 above the design although this is worn and could also read 1881.
The coin weight is medium brown colour.
The weight is 15mm long, 14.6mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.65 grams
Withers and Withers (2011: 72) list a similar coin weight with the same initials and design dating to 1580 and 1575.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1581
Date to: Exactly AD 1581
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th February 2022 - Sunday 13th February 2022
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OMS receipt 2338
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Milton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6104
Four figure Latitude: 51.73140368
Four figure longitude: -1.11813683
1:25K map: SP6104
1:10K map: SP60SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withers, P. and Withers, B.R. | 1995 | Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain | Llanfyllin | Galata Print |
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