Early Trade Weights
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| | Georgian 'One Pennyweight' Trade Weight 018051 | Georgian 'Uniface Type' Trade Weight Brass, 1.64 grams.11.06 mm. Uniface type. Obverse: crown over G mark and ewer mark. Reverse: blank. See Biggs, N. English Weights, p. 52. Fine. | £12.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Foliate Cross' Weight 006278 | Medieval 'Foliate Cross' Weight Copper-alloy, 12.59 grams, 30.24 mm ext.dia. 16th century AD. A flat disc weight with recessed underside, bearing a lightly incised design consisting of a central bilinear square from which spring four radiating foliate patterns with punched ring-and-dot details, and a row of pellets around the rim. Reference: cf. Elizabethan recessed trade weight in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts, Ely, 2003 item M18-0208. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £45.00  |  |
| | Medieval 'Cup' Weight 009149 | Medieval 'Cup' Weight Copper-alloy,14.55 grams, 21.81 mm ext.dia. 14th-16th century AD. A cast cup weight with plain base, the upper edge decorated with a series of punched roundels. Reference: cf. Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001 items 862. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Greenhithe, Kent, England. | £45.00  |  |
| | Henry VIII 'Mercantile' Disc Weight 017099 | Very Large Henry VIII 'Mercantile' Disc Weight Copper-alloy, 195 grams, 56.83 mm. 16th century AD, Henry VIII. A cast disc weight with a recessed upper surface, of 6.87 oz. (probably intended for an 8 oz weight). The recess is stamped with an 'h' beneath a crown refering to King Hemry VII or VIII. Reference: cf. disc weights in Biggs, N. & Withers, P. Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, Llanfyllin, 2000. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £175.00  |  |
| | Rare Medieval Henry VII / VIII 'Palimpsest' Two Ounce Weight 007162 | Rare Medieval Henry VII / VIII 'Palimpsest' Two Ounce Weight Copper-alloy, 54.52 grams, 50.12 mm. Circa 15th century AD. Uniface circular weight for two ounces with central scribing point. Stamped with the 'Crown over h' verification mark. Reference: Biggs, N. English Weights, page 49. Provenance: found Grimsby. A superb example with excellent patina. | £200.00  |  |
| | Henry VII/VIII 'Half Ounce' Trade Weight 012950 | Henry VII/VIII 'Half Ounce' Trade Weight Copper-alloy, 13.14 grams, 29.23 mm. 16th century AD. Circular palimpsest half ounce trade weight with central scribing depression. Bearing the validation mark of a 'crown over h'. Excellent example with clear mark. | £140.00  |  |
| | TW 001059 | James I 'Crowned I' Trade Weight Copper Alloy, 3.24 grams, 15.39 mm. Circa 1605 A.D. Crown, I below. Very Fine. | £20.00  |  |
| | TW 010220 | George IV 'Westminster' Trade Weight Copper alloy, 6.66 grams; 18.21 mm. Small trade weight stamped with the portcullis mark of Westminster and dated 1826. Ref: English Weights by Norman Biggs; pages 54/77. Cleaned and in very fine condition. | £20.00  |  |
| | TW 005354 | Rare Quarter Ounce 'Outer Cup' Weight Copper Alloy, 7.24 grams; 19.50 mm. Circa 12th - 14th Century A.D. Part of a nest of several weights, this example used for weighing a quarter of an ounce although Norman Biggs writes: ‘It is possible these lead cup-weights were used for purposes other than bullion weighing. Ref: Similar example illustrated in English Weights by Norman Biggs, Page 14. Very Fine condition. | £65.00  |  |
| | TW 001058 | James I 'Crowned I Trade Weight Copper Alloy, 3.70 grams, 16.66 mm, Circa 1605 A.D. Trade weight with ewer, crowned I to left. Good Very Fine. | £18.00  |  |
| | TW 001000 | William & Mary 'Crowned VM' Trade Weight Copper Alloy, 3.08 grams; 14.39 mm. Circa 1688 - 1694 A.D. WM with crown above, mark below. Good Very Fine with a nice marbled patination. | £30.00  |  |
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