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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-274B11
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy, medieval coin weight for weighing the gold ryal, dating from AD1400-1600. This is an English weight. It is uniface and oval in shape. It shows the king, holding sword and shield, standing in a ship with a rose on the side. It is 18.5mm long, 16.1mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It weighs 6.8gm.
Similar weights are illustrated in Withers, 1995, Lions, Ships and Angels, page 19.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 6.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1674
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fulford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6048
Four figure Latitude: 53.924668
Four figure longitude: -1.087812
1:25K map: SE6048
1:10K map: SE64NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 19 |
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