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Description: | Copper alloy coin weight. Representational weight of a gold noble dating to the late 15th century. According to Withers (1993), "...in the second half of the 15th century, weights began to be struck which bear the approximate devices of the coin which they were intended to weigh...The most likely date for their introduction is 1471, the beginning of the secong reign of Edward IV".
Uniface. Ship right. A lis and a lion in the left and right upper fields respectively, separated by the mast. The prow is pointed. The body of the ship is made up of 4 upward curved lines. Worn and slightly pitted.
Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VII all used the ship motif on the reverse of their gold nobles, and so the weight could belong to the currency of either of these three kings.
Similar to Withers, 1993, pg 15, fig 168. | Subjects: | Noble | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cassidy, Julie | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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