Record ID: SWYOR-13C7C0
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin weight; probably post-Medieval. The weight is in bad condition and fairly illegible. A possible crown and facial outline (facing left) can be seen, with a pellet behind. The legend and reverse are illegible. The crowned busts could represent Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I or Charles II. The weight has green patina in places, with a dark brown hue. It measures 22.6mm diameter x 5.1mm, weighing 13.59g/0.479oz.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2AA232
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy coin weight of Continental manufacture, dating from 1611-1644AD. It is double sided, one side carrying the device of a raised right hand and the initials G D, indicating that it originates from Antwerp and the workshop of G. Van Dunwalt, which is known to have operated between these dates (see Withers, Lions, Ships and Angels, page 60). The other side is largely illegible. It is 15.8mm square and weighs 6.68gm. This find was recorded from an export licence.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'probably Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2A6FE1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy, coin weight of early post-medieval date, probably dating from 1530-1600AD. It is square and double sided. One side carries the device of a crowned rose and the other that of a hand within a wreath. These markings suggest that it was of Continental manufacture, the hand being the mark for Antwerp in the Low Countries, and that it was used to weigh the gold crowns issued during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I between 1526 and 1548. It is 15.21mm square and weighs 3.35g. Note: This find was recorded from an export licence. Similar examples are illustrated i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'probably Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2A2191
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy coin weight dating from 1740-1770AD. It is double sided, each side bearing a raised inscription reading S 36, indicating that it was used to weigh the Portuguese gold 4 escudos, valued then at thirty six shillings. It is 23.3mm in diameter and weighs 14.19gm. This find was recorded from an export licence and there is therefore no accurate measurement of the thickness available. Identical examples are illustrated in Withers, Lions, Ships and Angels, page 53.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Record ID: CORN-908AE3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy coin weight for a double crown of James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage revalued (c.1612-1619), which should weigh about 5 grams or 77 grains. Withers (1995) illustrates a similar example on page 13, Plate XIs, Figure (a), which is dated to the second coinage, revalued.
Created on: Friday 25th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-888FA5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy weight for a spanish gold ducat. The obverse has a hand with the letter H to the left and ?P above. The reverse has two figures facing.
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SUSS-1882A2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular disk of copper alloy, possibly originally a coin weight, but the original design is now illegible. 11.4mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick, 1.53 grams.
Created on: Saturday 19th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', 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: IOW-3D4413
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast double-sided copper alloy weight for a Unite of James I. Made after 1632 (Withers and Withers 1995, 26). The edges are broken and corroded. Diameter: 19.8mm; thickness 4.0mm. Weight: 8.94g.
Created on: Saturday 14th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-028AD3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy square coin weight depicting the upright hand of Antwerp, on the reverse, and the initials B B, signifying the maker Bernaert Bommaerts, c.AD 1610-1650, (Withers, 1995, p.60). Antwerp was "an important economic centre for several centuries and the hub of coin-weight manufacture in the Southern Netherlands, where more than 70 makers are known to have made weights over a three-century period" starting in the early 16th century (Withers, 1995, p.10). Withers (1995) illustrates a similar example on page 10.
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: BH-56D7F8
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy coin weight for a James I Thistle-crown. This (gold) coin was produced during the Second coinage period of 1604-1619 AD and had a value of 4 Shillings (plus four and a half pence?). The weight is sub-square in plan. It measures 11.8mm long, 11.3mm wide and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 1.53g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Odell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-434572
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square coin weight of James I, for weighing the sovereign or unite (20 shillings). Side 1: Portrait bust facing left, no legend. Side 2: A crown over XX. Countermark crowned I in top left.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2B1EC7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double-sided copper-alloy square coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is for a 10 shilling coin of Charles I - either a gold angel or double crown. Many such weights are countermarked with a crowned 'I', a hangover from the reign of James I (Withers and Withers 1995, 67). On this example the stamp is in the top righthand corner of the reverse face; this is the case with another 10 shilling coin weight recorded on this database (HESH-5AB641), while a different example was struck in the top lefthand corner (SUR-45BBA8). Of the three, only this current example bears an inc…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-1E2E91
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete square double-sided cast copper alloy Post-Medieval coin weight issued by Cornelis (Cornelius) Janssen of Antwerp in 1579 (Withers and Withers 1995, 10 and 60).
Created on: Monday 19th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-860194
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded copper-alloy coin weight for a Rose-ryal of James I. The Rose-ryal was first issued during the Second coinage period of 1604 to 1619AD. This weight dates from between 1612 and 1619, at which time the value of the coin was increased from thirty to thirty-three Shillings. The weight is rectangular in plan, measuring 20.6mm long, 20.2mm wide and 4.3mm thick. It weighs 13.39g.
Created on: Monday 12th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0838D7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and corroded cast copper alloy coin weight. Possibly a weight for a Crown of Charles I. See Wither & Wthers 1995, 15, ref. f.
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B0F422
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight for a Scottish Fourpence. Biggs (1995, p. 21) gives a date range of 1650-1800, suggesting that c. 1700 AD is most likely. The object consists of a circular disc which is stamped on both sides with 'D/IIII' above the stamped mark of a lion, standing left, rampant. The weight measures 20.2mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 5.89g.
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-88E834
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ecu of France coin weight of probable post-medieval date. The flat square double-sided coin weight measures 14.5mm by 13.4mm by 2.2mm and weighs 2.3g. The obverse shows a crown above a shield containing three lis, with a crowned lis either side. The reverse has the numerals II in a rectangle. The ideal weight was 3.5g, but in practice the weights and the circulating coins were around 3.2g (Paul Withers, pers. comm.) so this weight is very light due to pre- and post-depositional wear.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1AB235
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy bullion weight which is square in plan. It is 16.2mm square and 4.1mm thick. It is marked with 5 stamped annulets and a rampant lion mark, and the design is repeated on the reverse. It is intended to be a 5 pennyweight measure (equal to the weight of five pennies), though at 7.36g, it is slightly light. There are many varieties of the lion countermark. The weight dates from 1600 – 1850 AD. For reference see “Bullion Weights” by Norman Biggs (1995), page 19 and 20.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.