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WMID-5B5842: WMID-5B5842. Post-medieval coin weight for a laurel of James I (1603-25) (front, reverse).

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COIN WEIGHT

Unique ID: WMID-5B5842

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Copper-alloy coin weight for a laurel of James I (1603-25). Mass: 8.5g; length: 17.8mm; width: 18.1mm. Square. Obverse: Crowned XXs within a pellet circle, and a crowned I stamped in the top left hand corner. Reverse: Bust of James I, laureate, within a pellet circle. Die axis: 6 O’clock. Cf “Lions, Ships and Angels”, Withers and Withers, 1995, p12-13 (XXs, d).

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1603
Date to: AD 1625

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Stafford (District)
To be known as: Bradley CP

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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