The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL COIN WEIGHT
1612
A copper alloy double-sided coin weight for the revalued Unite of James I. The weight is approximately square. The unite was gold coin which was revalued to 22 shillings for James I second coinage.Obverse: I R BRIT - Half body portrait facing right, crowned and holding sceptre and orb.In a pellet border.Reverse: XXII/S with a crown aboveDate: Post Medieval - c. 1612 - 1619Dimensions: 18.97 mm x 18.02 mm x 4.06 mmWeight: 9.45 gSee Withers, P & B R , 1995 Lions, Ships and Angels, page 12
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