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WEIGHT
Unique ID: CORN-7B7DE7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy trade weight of Charles I (1625-1649) or Charles II (1660-1685), circular in plan and flat in section with a lipped rim on the upper face, within which is a turned ring from the die. Within the ring are three incuse motifs around a central recessed circle, the royal cipher, a crowned 'C' at 11 o'clock, a sword, which represents the sword of St. Paul and is the mark of the City of London, at 1 o'clock, and a ewer, the Founders Company of London mark, which shows they have verified this weight, at 5 o'clock. There is no 'A' for 'averdepois' because this weight is below one ounce averdepois. It weighs 12.88g (0.46 oz) so it appears to be a half-ounce weight.
Trade weights such as this one were issued from 1558 until 1714 when weights were set standards. Read (1988) illustrates a similar weight on page 159, No.1074, which is dated from c.1625-1685. Bailey (2000) illustrates a similar trade weight of Charles I or II on page 41, Fig.32.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 3.5 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 12.88 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013 - Thursday 31st October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Grampound with Creed (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9348
Four figure Latitude: 50.29554967
Four figure longitude: -4.90770444
1:25K map: SW9348
1:10K map: SW98SW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2000 | Detector Finds 4 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 41, Fig.32 | ||
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 159, | No.1074 |
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