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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: SOM-239E37
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy uniface weight for a noble. The weight is circular and flat with a raised design on one side only. The design is of a facing ship with fore and aft castles. It is 16.9mm in diameter, 4.1mm thick and weighs 6.28 grams, 96.9 grains. The metal is pitted in places, especially on the lower surface.
A full weight noble would have weighed 108 grains between AD 1412 and 1464 (Withers and Withers 1995, 68); the earlier noble had a higher mass. Weights were normally made to the legal minimum weight which was slightly less and can lose weight through corrosion processes. This notwithstanding, it is likely that this coin weight post-dates 1412, with such weights continuing to be used into the 16th century (ibid., 18).
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1412
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 6.28 g
Diameter: 6.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22384
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: West and Middle Chinnock CP
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Grid reference source: From a paper map
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 | 18, 68 |
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