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COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: IOW-128897
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy square double-sided coin weight for a rose noble or half ryal made by Maarten De Mont in 1626 (pers. comm. Paul Withers 19/1/2017).
Side 1: Single masted sailing vessel with standing rigging fore and aft, fore and after castle, rose on hull. R to left side of mast-head which has a pennant to the right.
Side 2: Arms of Zeeland. Lion emerging from waves, two Ms at side of lion (just above waves), in the field above the Ms to the left, is 16, and to the right is 26, D in exergue.
Length: 14.7mm; width: 14.7mm; thickness: 1.8mm. Weight: 2.90g.
Class: double-sided
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1626
Date to: Exactly AD 1626
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.7 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th January 2017 - Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-7-38
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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