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Record ID: HESH-9FFA16
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
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Copper alloy double sided coin weight for a half crown of James I revalued for the 2nd coinage 1604-1619
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: SOMDOR-1CF9A8
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Charles I unite (20 shilling) coin weight, dating from between 1625-32. The flat square weight measures 17mm by 16.9mm by 4.4mm and weighs 8.5g. On the front there is a stamped crown, with XXs (for 10 shillings) underneath and a counterstamp to the right of the crown. On the back is a left-facing bust of Charles I.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DENO-7566D2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post medieval square copper alloy coin weight. Very worn but with an S towards the bottom of the obverse, and the otherwise illegible designs on both surfaces within beaded circle - probably a weight for a coin of Elizabeth I, James I or Charles I. Length 16.36mm, width 16.35mm, thickness 3.1mm, weight 4.71g.
Created on: Sunday 13th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashover', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-30E046
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin weight. The weight depicts two uncertain marks and has evidence of filing on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Itchingfield', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: HESH-59FD97
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy square coin weight of unknown ruler but probably dating to the post medieval period. This square coin weight has been badly abraded and the detail is indistinct on both faces. It is most likely to be a weight of James I (as I think one face has a thistle on it). The coin weight measures 11.2mm x 11.2mm x 5.3mm and weighs 3.64 grams (56.6 grains or 0.13 ozs).
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DEV-5A9FD3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper alloy coin weight, dating to AD 1604-1619. The weight is circular in plan and flat in cross section, and is stamped bifacially. One face depicts a double arched crown surmounting XI over S. The other depicts a right facing bust with the insciption: [I R M] BRITAN. Both are within a pelleted border. Dimensions: diameter 16.5mm; thickness 2.5mm; weight 3.85g. Such coin weights correspond to the double crown of James I's second coinage, comparable examples can be seen recorded on this database, for example LEIC-B5F893.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Talaton CP', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-70C245
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy square coin weight. The weight is stamped on both sides. This weight dates from the time of James I (1603 - 1625).
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walberton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: ESS-423D16
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Medieval cast bronze coin weight for a half Ecu. The weight is square in plan. It is uniface, depicting a sun in shield design with a crown above. The weight is a dull copper-brown in colour. It is 10.70mm by 10.75mm, is 1.59mm thick and weighs 1.15 grams. This type of weight is an English or French weight for the French ecu au soleil and the half ecu, which were issued after 1475. In 1525 the ecu was current in England for four shillings. See Withers (1995) 'Lions, Ships and Angels. Identifying coin-weights found in Britain' page 39.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: IOW-EC0862
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete worn and corroded copper alloy coin weight for a unite of Charles I (Withers 1995, 12). Diameter 18.0mm. Weight 7.36g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-FFE391
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy square coin weight. The weight is stamped with an indistinct design within a circular border on both faces. The weight is very worn and most of the original surface is missing, exposing the metal beneath. Coin weights of this type date to the 16th-18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wittersham', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-27A5F5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A post medieval gold coin weight: unite from Charles I. Dimensions: diameter: mm; length: 17.46mm; width: 17.16mm; thickness: 4.34mm; weight: 9.09g.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: IOW-38EB76
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete cast copper alloy square double-sided coin weight probably for a rose ryal of James I issued between 1604-19 (Withers & Withers 1995, 41 and 68-69). The weight indicated by Withers for this type of coin weight is 196.5gr. However, due to the loss of some of the material due to corrosion the weight of this Isle of Wight find is 169.5gr (10.99g).
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-1315F0
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy square coin weight. The weight is stamped with an indistinct design within a circular border on both faces. The weight is very worn and most of the original surface is missing, exposing the metal beneath. Coin weights of this type date to the 16th-18th century.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-093D01
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy coin weight for a Laurel of James I (AD 1619-1625), 3rd coinage. Withers (2011:17) illustrates similar examples. Obverse: Laureate head left within beaded circle. Reverse: Crown above XX, s below, with counter stamp in top left corner consisting of a crown with II below. Dimensions: length: 18.44mm; width: 17.94mm thickness: 3.7mm; weight: 8.87g Reference: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin-Weights. Galata: Powys. Withers, P and B.R. 2011. Lions Ships & Angels. Galata
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: IOW-602F85
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete and corroded circular uniface coin weight for a seventeenth century half angel, AD 1604-19 (Withers and Withers 1995, 21 and 68). The weight for a half angel during this period was 35.5 grains. This Isle of Wight find weighs 28.6 grains (1.86g). The difference in weight can probably be accounted for by the loss of metal due to corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: IOW-B8D060
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete worn and corroded square double-sided coin weight for a James I, Third Coinage angel, issued AD 1619-25 (Withers and Withers 1995, 14 and 68, ref. i). The weight for an angel during this period was 65.0 grains. This Isle of Wight find weighs 3.24g. (49.8 grains). The difference in weight can probably be accounted for by the loss of metal due to wear and corrosion. The edges are particularly corroded.
Created on: Saturday 28th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LANCUM-F56C21
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Small square cast copper-alloy coin weight for a half laurel of James I, 3rd coinage. The legend and image on the reverse are illegible, but the obverse shows a crowned 'X s'. Withers Lions, Ships & Angels p14 (g)
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby Stephen', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: ESS-044778
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Late Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight. The coin is marked S D with 10 6 below, to be read as 10s 6d, or half a guinea. The design is the same on both faces. It has a diameter od 15.58mm and weighs 3.62 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmstead CP', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DENO-32B727
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post medieval rectangular coin weight, made in Antwerp, maker Geeraert Gheens, dated 1591. Shiny surface. Length 15.55mm, width 16.13mm, thickness 2.01mm, weight 3.00g.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston on Trent', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NARC-8E9E85
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A square, copper alloy coin weight of postmedieval date. The weight is stamped with a left-facing, bearded and laureate Roman-type bust within a circular border on the obverse; the reverse bears the Roman numerals 'XX', surmounted by a crown. It is thus clear that the weight is for 20 shillings, and it is known as a'laurel'. Coin weights of this type date to the late 16th and early 17th century. Most can be dated to between AD 1620 and 1632. L/W 17mm Th 3.9mm Mass 8.1g
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: ESS-DB0070
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight. The obverse of the weight has a wreath containing a hand with the number 8 to the left, the number 1 to the right; these two numbers are the last two ciphers of the date 1581. The hand is the mark of Antwerp. The reverse has an enthrowned king with shield and sword, with the initial 'G' between the legs. No parallel could be found for the reverse. The coin weight measures 15.17mm by 15.28mm, is 1.94mm thick and weighs 3.02 grams.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: ESS-95B431
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy square coin weight. Both faces have four punched rings. Measuring 14.4mm by 14.25mm, 4.11mm thick and weighs 5.9 grams(quarter of an Ounce). Square weights were banned by an Act of Parliament in 1632 (Bailey 2000, 37) so this weight presumbably dates to before then.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Hedingham CP', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUSS-16F514
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Late 16th century copper alloy square coin weight made in the Low Countries for the Burgundian gulden, by Nicolas du Mont, master from 1581 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LIN-3CFA84
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find 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
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: IOW-CE7537
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete worn and cleaned cast square double-sided coin weight for a James I, Second Coinage unite, issued AD 1604-19 (Withers and Withers 1995, 25 and 68). The weight for a unite during this period was 155.0 grains. This Isle of Wight find weighs 8.76g. (135.2 grains). The difference in weight can probably be accounted for by the loss of metal due to wear and cleaning. Each edge has been subjected to heavy filing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LVPL-76D4C3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight of William III, 2 guineas, 1694-1702.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.


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Record ID: IOW-C87A77
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete and corroded coin weight for a Civil War shilling (AD 1642 - AD 1646). Diameter; 19.0mm. Weight: 4.85g. (75.0 grains). See: Withers and Withers 1995, 36.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: ESS-092AC8
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post Medieval (16th century) copper alloy square coin weight. The obverse has the hand on Antwerp with the letters C o, the initials of the maker (unknown) to either side. The reverse has a shield surmounted by a crown. The design in the shield is unclear. The weight has a dull dark green-brown patina. It measures 14.66mm by 14.82mm, is 2.27mm thick and weighs 3.12 grams.
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: KENT-77E7A1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find 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
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: ESS-48C417
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight. The surface is worn and corroded. Measuring 15.26mm by 14.85mm, 2.91mm thick and weighs 3.65 grams. Square weights were banned by an Act of Parliament in 1632 (Bailey 2000, 37) so this weight presumbably dates to before then.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: ESS-48D081
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy uniface circular coin weight. This is an English or French weight for a half ecu, dating 1422-1475AD. The upper surface has a crowned shield with three lys. The reverse is plain. Diameter 13.52mm, thickness 2.59mm, weight 2.36 grams.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures Area', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-11B722
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy coin weight: hexagonal.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: LIN-0447B2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A worn, square coinweight. The weight is in the manner of late C16th/early C17th Antwerp coin weights but there is feint, worn decoration on one side of what appears to be a female bust, perhaps of Queen Anne, with ANGL[ORUM??].... around. The bust could also be that of Elizabeth I. The mass of the coin weight is 4.5g which equates to just under 69.5 grains.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: FAJN-03EC48
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A rectangular copper-alloy coin weight representing a 'unite' of James I (1603-25), date after 1612 (when weight inceased from 20s to 22s). Withers no. 482. Obverse: half-length figure of James I, right, holding orb and sceptre. Inscription: I:R:BRIT Reverse: XXII with crown above and S below.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAJN-042103
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An 18th-century coin weight (36 shillings; c.AD1760-73) produced by C&L Proctor Co. of Sheffield (scale makers). Withers no. 1793. Obverse: Palm branches above and below 36 SHILLINGS Reverse: three concentric pelleted circles
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: HAMP-05DA87
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A double-sided copper-alloy square coin weight of post-medieval date. The weight is a 'sport', that is, it does not relate to a coin as such, rather it is the product of a moneyer playing with dies in their spare time. The flan would appear to be genuine, but relate to a different coin to the dies used - those for an angel of James I. On one face the die for striking St Michael has been struck twice so that the two angels join in a mirror image. On the other face the crown has been struck twice so that the crowns are opposing. This was done by rotating the flan through 180° and st…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavant CP', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SF-192F14
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A copper alloy biface coin weight of Nicholas du Mont, Antwerp, c.1581 AD. The weight is flat, square in shape and with slightly irregular edges. The front face has a square shield containing three lis surmounted by a crown and with lis to either side, all within an inner circle of pellets. The reverse face depicts a hand within a circle of crosses, the letters N D M are visible around the hand and represent the maker's initials of Nicholas du Mont of Antwerp (Withers and Withers, 1995: 61). Two further crosses are visible to the right of the inner circle. This weight measures 15.50mm …
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SF-8436C1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy biface coin weight of 18th century AD date. The weight is circular in shape measuring 23.12mm in diameter and 3.58mm in thickness. The obverse face depicts a central foliate motif arranged in a cross within a circular foliate border surrounded by floral motifs. The reverse face has a legend over three lines that reads 27 / SHILLINGS / W with semi-circular foliate decoration above and below, all within a border of pellets. This example weighs 10.10g. Coin weights like this were used in Britain between the 1720s and 1770s or later to weigh the Potuguese gold 'Moidore'…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weybred', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WMID-94DF02
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find 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.


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Record ID: SUSS-C15D56
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight probably of James I (1603-1625) possibly Charles I (1625-1649), Crowned V with small s below on the reverse. The crowned V stands for 5 shillings and sugests it is for a quarter laurel or crown (minted 1619-1657). It measures 14mm in diameter is 1.7mm thick and weighs 1.7grams, 26.23 grains. A full weight quarter laurel was 35 grains but weights were made for the legal minimum weight of the coin which was slightly less and this weight has probably become lighter due to corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.


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