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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy uniface coin weight. It is circular in shape measuring 13.60mm in diameter and 2.66mm in thickness. The front face has a shield with three fleur de lis that is surmounted by a crown. To the left and right are lis with crowns, all within an inner circle. This weight is either French or English and represents the French Ecu that would have weighed c.3.50g, this example weighs 3.02g. It dates to the 15th century AD (see Withers and Withers, 1995: pp. 39, 70). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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