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Description: | Post medieval coin weight; cast copper alloy coin weight for a French half ecu au soleil, dating from the period 1475-1654. The weight was made in Antwerp by a maker whose work is recorded but whose name is not known. The weight is a small, square, biface weight
Obv. Crowned shield of France, containing three fleurs de lis. The shield has an extra lis to the right and the whole is within a beaded outer circle. Die offset from centre of weight
Rev. A right hand, raised, palm facing (the symbol of Antwerp). The hand has the letters ??M / D?? to either side and ??LP?? beneath. The whole is within a laureate border.
Length 13.8mm, width 13.5mm, thickness 1.4mm, weight 1.54g
Ref: Withers ??Lions, Ships and Angels; Identifying Coin-Weights found in Britain?? (pp. 10, 39, 61 and 70) | Subjects: | coin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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