Record ID: WMID-94DF02
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy laurel (20s) coin weight with the official counterstamp/verification mark of James I (1603-1625). The coin weight is square in plan. Length: 18.8mm; width: 19.2mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Mass: 7.8g. On the obverse is a raised laureate bust within a circle of pellets. On the reverse there is a raised crown surmounting the value - XXs (i.e. 20 shillings). In the top left corner of the reverse there is the official counterstamp/verification mark of James I. In, "English Weights an illustrated suvey" (1992, p28), Biggs comments that in about 1620 there was…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lechlade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-22B0F7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast brass James I coin weight for a rose ryal, dating from AD 1620 - 1632 (19.9mm sq; thickness: 4.3mm; weight: 11.73g). The artefact is in a worn but fair condition. This weight is illustrated in Biggs 'English Weights: An Illustrated Survey', 1992, pages 28-29.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID4426
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: WMID4315
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Monday 28th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE ROWINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID4138
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The weight is square in plan.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.