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Description: | Cast lead alloy coin weight for a Pieter d'Or of Brabant. The weight is rectangular with a three quarter lengh figure of St Peter standing facing front, holding a book in his raised right hand and a key in his left hand. Pieter d'Or were first minted in the reign of King Wenceslas and Queen Joan (1355-1383) and continued to be minted into the 15th century under Philip the Good (1430-1467).
The weight is 12.4mm long by 11.8mm wide by 3.8mm and weighs 4.39 grams. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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