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Record ID: SF-905D54
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy coin weight of Post-Medieval date. It is very worn, but was double-sided, one side appears to depict a standing figure. It weighs 5.78g, or 89 grains.  Length: 16.08mm Width:16.05mm Thickness: 3.35mm
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-90327D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy square coin weight of post-Medieval date. Obverse: bust of Edward VI (1547-53) with the letter E to the left side of the bust, and a five pointed star to the right; Reverse: upright right hand with the letters H and F to either side - Hans Foncq (1577-1603). This suggests it ward made in Antwerp in the Low Countries and no British coin-weights are known with a portrait of this king (Withers and Withers, 1995, pg 26). It weighs 4.80g or 74 grains, which isn't an exact match for any weight, but as there is damage to one side it could be for a Alberti…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8FA673
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval coin weight dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The weight is square shaped with straight edges. It is very worn but appears to have uniface decoration. The front face appears to show a letter H and the rear appears to depict a ship with a rose conistent with examples in Withers and Withers 1995: 20. It weighs 6.03g, or 93.04 grains, which suggests a weight for a Shilling, Charles I (Withers and Withers, 1995, pg16). Length: 16.73mm Width: 16.30mm Thickness: 3.30mm
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A47B2
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight of late-Medieval date. It is trapezoidal in shape with bevelled edges. The face is stamped with a cross fleury withsix-pointed stars in the quarters, within a square escutcheon. It weights 5.86g (0.2oz). Length: 17.73mm Width:15.99mm Thickness: 3.5mm
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-66ED31
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post medieval copper alloy circular weight, dating to c.AD 1400 - 1649. One face has a Latin cross with a flower or fleur de lis in each quarter. Around the edge is a beaded circle or part of a milled edge. The reverse is badly worn, with what could be a crown motif. There are no legible inscriptions on either face. The weight of the object (4.44g) is closest to a half laurel of James I third coinage, a double crown of Charles I or a continental salut d’or of the French reign of Henry VI, or a Portuguese or Spanish agnel d’or, (Withers pp.15, 17, 19, 55), hen…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-65D4E4
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily worn post-medieval square copper-alloy coin weight. It has a barely perceptible stamped image, probably of a hand, within a circular beaded border on one face but no surviving trace of a design on the other. The hand signifies Antwerp as the issuing town. The metal is patinated pale reddish-brown overlain with patches of pale to mid-green. Late 16th to mid-17th century. Length: 15.1mm. Width 14.7mm. Thickness: 2.0mm. Weight. 2.3g 
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-658148
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper-alloy coin weight for a Scottish thistle crown of James I (revalued). Square and biface, obverse I R flanking a thistle, reverse IIII [S] / 4D ½, both within a circular beaded border. Cf. Withers and Withers (1995) p15. A.D. 1603-25. Length: 12.9mm. Width 12.4mm. Thickness: 1.9mm. Weight. 1.6g   
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-52A964
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and worn Medieval copper-alloy circular uniface coin-weight for the half ryal (rose noble), dating to the period c. 1464-c. 1600. The weight is uniface, sub-circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The obverse has the image of a ship (galleon) in sail with the King in the ship and a rose in the centre of the hull. The reverse is plain. The weight has various cuts and abraded edges. The coin weight is 15.5mm in diameter, 3.5mm in thickness and weighs 3.63 grams or 56.0 grains. Withers & Withers (2011:24) illustrate a similar example which they suggest w…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D624A3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast square uniface weight with an indeterminate motif within a circular panel struck on one side only. The uniface square weight is usually of Low Countries or German origin and of 16th or 17th-century date. Some checked the weight of the Angel gold coin or its subdivisions (Withers and Withers 2011, page 27). Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 13.8mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 2.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C20C99
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy coin weight dating from the 15th-16th century. This is a weight for a ryal. The weight is square and features a galley with rose on the obverse. The reverse is blank and undecorated. Similar examples can be see in Withers and Withers (1995:23). Obverse: Galley with rose Dimensions: length: 17.16mm; width: 16.35mm; thickness: 5.23mm; weight: 7.28g. References: Withers, P. & Withers, B. 2011. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BD6ABE
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square cast copper alloy post medieval coin weight of 6.58g (101.2gn) for a spur ryal of James I, dating to 1612-1619. The obverse has a sun symbol, the reverse has a crown over the valuation of XVI s VI d with a crowned I validation stamp.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-451237
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Belgian, Antwerp issued copper-alloy square 3.3g coinweight for a half-ryal coin dating to c.1579-1603. Square and flat. One face depicts a stylised ship with a rose in the bottom centre and the letter R to top right. (Withers 2011 : 25) The reverse depicts the hand of Antwerp with the letters L / M either side (unknown makers initials) all within a wreath. The weight is quite corroded, displaying a mainly brown colour with patches of green patina. Sub-square 14.8mm x 14.1mm, thickness 2.3mm, weight 3.3g. Similar examples on this database at: HAMP-D29796, SUSS-7D0445…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3F9C07
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper coin weight, dating to AD1773 -1820. The coin weight is for a half-guinea and was issued during the reign of George III, The obverse is worn and illegible.  The reverse has P G, 2 16, HALF, GUINEA. Thickness: 1.9 mm Weight: 3.2 g Diameter: 16.7 mm Withers, P. & Withers, B. 2011. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: LON-2BF8FB
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy coin weight dating from AD 1500-1650. The weight is sub-square and features the Gelderse rider (Gelderse Rijder), the reverse is undecorated. Obverse: Horse and rider (Gelderse Rijder) left , brandishing a sword, HUHn below. Dimensions: length: 17.97mm; width: 18.95mm; weight: 2.37g. References: Withers, P. & Withers, B. 2011. Identifying Coin-Weights Found in Britain Lions Ships and Angels. Galata Press
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-157568
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy coin weight for a ryal issued AD 1464 - 1470 (judging from the mass), with the weight dating from the AD 1464 - 1600. The weight is a sub-circular disc shape, and is uniface. The face bears a wooden planked ship carrying a king. The details are not visible. There is an overall green patina to both sides of the piece. Compare examples on page 18 and 19 of Withers and Withers (1995) Lions, Ships and Angels. Measurements are; diameter 16.9mm, thickness 4.2mm and weight 6.95g.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 20th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EC8175
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A square uniface copper alloy Coin Weight of 6.7g (103.4gr) dating to c 1461-1600. The weight depicts a king with sword and shield standing in a ship with a rose in the centre of the hull and is for a Ryal (rose noble), used from the reigns of Edward IV to Elizabeth I. It was equivalent to 5 Shillings. This weight was possibly struck in the Low Countries. The reverse is blank.
Created on: Saturday 23rd March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-837B56
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy uniface coin weight of post-medieval date AD 1619 onwards, for an angel coin of James I or Charles I. The object is circular in plan with the obverse face depicting the archangel Michael spearing a dragon at his feet. The reverse is undecorated. Measurements are; diameter 15.1mm, thickness 3.4mm and weight 4.31g. See Withers  and Withers 1995 page 21.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-32A252
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy French square 3.2g coin-weight issued during the reign of Henry II of France, dating to c.1547-59. Sub-square and flat, chamfered on both sides forming an angled profile. The obverse is struck off-centre, bearing a cruciform of four 'crowned letter H's' with lis in the angles and a small cross in the centre. The reverse depicts the Roman numerals XX / II in two lines. Used to check the Henri d'or of four H's type. Probably struck at Lyons and should have weighed 3.5g. Sub-square 13mm x 11.6mm, thickness 3.1mm, weight 3.2g.
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-19B41B
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin weight for a half guinea of George III. On one side is the bust of the monarch laurate right, with the legend GEORGIUS III DIE GRA around the edge. On the reverse, the words A HALF GUINEA WEIGHT 1773 are each on a seperate line. There are two trade standard marks at angles either side of the 'A'. There is a beaded border around both sides of the weight Dimensions: 21mm diameter and 1mm thick, it weighs 3.84g
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EBE826
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded 15th-16th century copper-alloy 3.2g square coin-weight. Sub-square and flat, with one face depicting a stylised ship and the reverse being illegible. Used to check the weight of the gold noble. Probably of continental issue, possibly German (Withers p.23) Sub-square 16.3mm x 15.8mm, thickness 2mm, weight 3.2g. Similar examples on this database at: SUR-8E6DF7 and PUBLIC-6A0E50.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.