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: DENO-98FD36
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight, square. The obverse bears the hand of Antwerp (upright) with a "9"(?) to the left of the hand and a "0" to the right (for 1590), and an "H" below the 9 on the left. The H will be the maker's initial - presumably there should be another to the right of the hand, although this cannot be seen. P&BR Withers (1995) list two Antwerp coin weight makers with the first initial H - Hans Foncq., 1577-1603 and HW, an unknown 16th century maker. The reverse shows a crowned shield possibly containing a lion (?), with lettering around, possibly O(?)HO trefoil IRE trefoil ...…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-AFB3C5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy coin weight depicting a rose with a crown above (on one side) and a crown with the letters IIS // VID (on two lines) below (on the other side). The coin weight is square in shape and is made from a very thin plate of flat copper alloy. This type of coin weight would have been used to weigh coins of Elizabeth I.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.