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Description: | Part of balance-arm of a Medieval trebuchet coin balance (or tumbrel), square tray decorated on one face with a pair of transverse engraved lines, and part of arm with two lugs pierced for spindle on which the fulcrum would have pivoted. There is no lip or stop on the tray, a feature normally encountered. Probably mid 13th ?? early 15th cent. (A. Macgregor ??Coin balances in the Ashmolean Museum??, Antiquities Journal 65 (1985), 439-45). Length >24mm. Tray 11.5 x 12mm. Width of arm 4.5mm | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robbins, Katherine - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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