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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-4C72F8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy double-sided coin weight dating from the Post-Medieval period. It is roughly square in form, rectangular in section and carries stamped marks on both faces. The obverse depicts Saint Michael or an angel spearing a dragon to the right, within a beaded circle. The reverse depicts an upright right hand and a star, indicating it was manufactured in Antwerp. The numerals 8 and 3 are stamped to the left and right of the hand (signifying the year 1583) and the maker's initials CI, for Cornelis Janssen are also stamped to left and right of the hand. The weight was probably used for weighing a quarter angel coin of Elizabeth I. The weight has a dark red-brown patina. Please also see Withers', Lions, Ships and Angels. A weight with a similar design may be found at PAS record ID: LVPL-DB5C13.
Length: 14mm; Width: 13.6mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 1.65g
Inscription:
8 3 / C I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1583
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th October 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1461
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Sheepy (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3503
Four figure Latitude: 52.623641
Four figure longitude: -1.484403
1:25K map: SK3503
1:10K map: SK30SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the 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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