Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
COIN WEIGHT
Unique ID: IOW-0D0399
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and corroded Medieval circular unifaced coin-weight for a ryal (rose noble), c. 1464-c. 1471. Withers and Withers 1995: 36, 68.
The weight has a raised border at the front. The front is stamped with a crown at the 12 o'clock position and a rose at the 6 o'clock position. The rear is heavily grooved or filed with a bevelled border.
This coin weight has a dark green patina.
Diameter: 15.7mm; thickness: 2.7mm. Weight: 2.03g. (31.6 grains).
This is a British coin weight for a ryal (rose noble), falling below the standard 120 grains for this type. The condition of the weight probably accounts for the disrepancy.
Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., (1995) Identifying coin weights found in Britain: Lions, Ships and Angels Llanfyllin : Galata Press.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1464
Date to: Circa AD 1471
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th May 2018 - Sunday 6th May 2018
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mr Frank Basford
Identified by: Mr Frank Basford
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-149
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.
References cited
- Withers, P. and Withers, B.R., 1995 Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain: Lions Ships and Angels Llanfyllin: Galata 36, 68
Similar objects
Find number: IOW-C66DE7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A complete and corroded Medieval circular unifaced coin-weight for a ryal (rose noble), c. 1464-c. 1471. Withers and Withers 1995: 36, 68.
Th…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: IOW-4A723D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A complete Medieval copper-alloy uniface copper-alloy coin weight for the gold half ryal, issued between 1464 and 1470, during the first reig…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: WILT-0ABCE9
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A copper alloy coin weight dating to the later medieval period c AD 1464-1600. The coin weight is for the ryal, or rose noble, and was introd…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618