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Description: | A flat and circular unifaced copper alloy coin weight. These weights are British and date from the 15th - 16th centuries. It is 16.9mm in diameter and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 6.17gms (95.1 grains).
The design is of a ship with a lis to the right and a lion to the left. This suggests it is for a noble or it's fractions but the weight is very light for this use (nobles of 1412-1464 should weigh 108 grains) possibly due to some damage that has removed metal from one edge. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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