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Description: | Post-medieval copper-alloy coin weight, AD 1500-1632. The coin weight is square in shape and has a design on both sides of the weight. The design on one side consists of a circle with an illegible interior, and the other side consists of a figure within a circle. Original surface in a poor condition with a dark brown patina. It measures 15.78mm by 16.24mm, is 2.96mm thick and weighs 4.59g. Coin weights were used to check the weights of individual, usually gold, coins. Similar coin weights can be found in Withers, P. and B. 1995. Lions, Ships and Angles: Identifying Coin Weights found in Britain., and Saunders, P. (ed). 2001. Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3. Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Page120-123. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Pooley, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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