Record ID: KENT-700363
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1620-1625. Brass, cast, James I, square shaped biface gold angel coin weight. Gold angel coin weight when this was worth ten shillings (1620-1632) probably made in Cologne or Nuremberg. Obverse: Saint Michael angel with halo spearing a dragon within a beaded border within a plain border. Reverse: Crown over 'X.S' within a plain border (for ten shillings) over stamped in top left hand corner with a Royal cypher - crown over I for 'J' i.e. James. Very little wear with dark green patina. Ref. European Coin-Weights for English Coins, Gerard Houben, Hub. Tonnaer 1978, page 10 No. 3 or 4 an…
Created on: Sunday 8th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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Record ID: SF-3575C3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy 16th century biface coin weight produced in Antwerp by Cornelius Janssen and dated to 1583 AD. It is flat, square in shape measuring 15.33mm in length, 15.21mm in width, and 2.86g in weight. The cross motif of the reverse face of this weight probably indicates its usage for weighing Spanish or Portugese coinage, although it falls a little under the standard weights for both the Spanish escudo (3.38g) and the Portugese cruzado (3.5g). See Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 44, 60, 71.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1383D4
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat and circular French coin weight of post medieval date, the reverse depicts three fleur-de-lis, 1600-1699.
Created on: Friday 4th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boroughbridge Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-84B3C3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy coin weight marked 13s 6d, for weighing the Portuguese moidore and 'joe' gold coins, 1760-1773. Thickness 3.33mm, diameter 16.5mm, weight 5.14g see Withers, P. and Withers, B. R., "Lions Ships and Angels", pp.52-3
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Babworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5A74D0
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square, double-sided coin weight of Post-medieval date. This Low Countries weight appears to have been issued for a Flanders half lion coin. It was made at Antwerp, possibly by the maker 'KI' (see Withers and Withers 1995: 61), in 1576*. It measures 15.3mm long, 14mm wide and 1.6mm thick. It weighs 2.17g. The surfaces are very worn and corroded.
Created on: Monday 27th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-CBF242
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval square coin weight from the Low Countries, possibly Antwerp.
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-44D246
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight, probably for a half or quarter noble. This weight is illustrated in 'Lions, ships and angels' (Withers, 1995, p. 20). It was made in Antwerp by an unknown maker (see Withers, p. 60). The weight is rectangular in plan. The obverse bears a circular panel depicting a ship, with a letter 'h' (for 'Henricus') located to the right of the mast. On the reverse is a central hand dividing the letters 'D I'; an inner ring of stars surrounds this central design and, around this, is a second ring, of four large and four small fleurs-de-lys. The object measures 14.…
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-17EBE2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1500-1699. Copper alloy, probable brass, cast, 'square shape' probable uniface coin weight. Length 15.0mm, Width 13.6mm, Thickness 2.7mm, Weight 3.6g. Typical Medieval ship with a rose (cinqfoil?) on the front within a beaded circular border. Letters 'R and N' in the field above the ship indicates that the weight is for a rose noble or ryal gold coin, but the actual weight indicates a half ryal coin. The reverse appears blank which could indicate German manufacture or possibly a very worn illegible design - to indicate from the Low Countries. Little wear and attractive green patina. Re…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-320980
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1760-1770. George III, copper alloy, cast, small, flat, circular, biface Portugese gold coin weight. Length 13.6mm, WIdth 13.4mm, Thickness 1.5mm, Diameter 13.6mm, Weight 1.4g. Inscribed 'S P' over '4.6' in a blank field. This indicates four shillings and sixpence, the value of an eighth of a Johannes gold coin, the smallest denomination of a set of weights for this coin. Little wear and an even brown lightly corroded surface. Ref: English Weights, an illustrated survey, Norman Briggs, White House Publications 1992, page 36-37 and Identifying Coin Weights Found In Britain, Lions, Ships…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-E5A498
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square copper alloy coin weight for a Spur Ryal of James I (1604-1625). The obverse face has XVIS surmounted by crown with VID beneath. The reverse has a central rose with crowns around the edge. Dimensions: length 15.66mm; width 16.14mm; thickness 3.70mm weight 6.3g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3A8933
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square copper alloy coin weight with bevelled edges of early Post-Medieval (sixteenth to seventeenth century) date. The obverse depicts a shield within a lozenge, the detail of the shield now too worn to identify a place of manufacture and/or the intended coin type. The reverse is flat and has no decoration. The weight measures 15.04mm in lenght, 13.82mm in width, 3.03mm in thickness, and weighs 4.33g. Withers and Withers (1995: 10) note that square copper alloy weights such as this were manufactured in Germany or the Low Countries (Holland and Belgium) in the sixteenth and sev…
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D0A450
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight, probably for an English half-Angel from Antwerp (mid 16th century). Obverse: Hand (mark of Antwerp) Obverse inscription: R to right; I to left; V below Reverse: Ship Dimensions: length: 14.92mm; width: 14.90mm; thickness: 2.06mm; weight: 2.69g. Identification by Dr Barrie Cook, Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage, Department of Coins and Medals. The British Museum
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Theydon Garnon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DB1602
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy coin weight. A square double sided weight with a stamped, incuse crowned upper case H on the obverse and stamped incuse letters in three lines:D/V/XV(dot). Paul Withers kindly identified the weight as follows: This is a weight for a double henri d’or of Henri II of France (1547-59). This coin was issued at an official weight of 5 deniers and 17 grains. I suspect that under all the corrosion on the piece you may find that there are two dots after the XV, not just the obvious one. Mr Dieudonné, who wrote the almost impossible-to-follow book on the subject says th…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-77E7A1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1722-1765. Copper alloy, cast, circular Portugese coin weight. Length 26.7mm,Width 26.1mm, Thickness 6.8mm, Diameter 26.7mm, Weight 25.2g. Numerals type coin weight with penny weight and grains where one penny weight (DWT or PWT) = 24 grains. Obverse: initials and numerals 'L over 3' 'S over 12' Reverse: 'L over 3' 'S over 12'. English equivalent 3 pounds 12 shillings. Portugese gold coins were widely used in England at this time. This coin weight was used to measure the Portugese piece eight eseudos or double Johannes valued at £3.12.0. Ref: Identifying Coin Weights found in Britain,…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-3CFA84
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight. The weight is square, flat and decorated. The weight is for either an excelente (c.3.5g) or double excelente (c.7g) of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, the coin type introduced in 1497 (excelentes were usually known as ducats, since they shared their standards). The weight is probably English, as it resembles a version in the Withers' little pamphlet Lions, Ships and Angels (p.30), but they don't include it in the big British Coin Weights book. These weights can be as much as 100 years later than the original coin, but it is probably 16th century.
Created on: Friday 21st September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-8AD0D6
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One Pistole coin weight for a French Louis d'Or of Louis XIV (1643-1715).
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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