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Description: | Medieval cast bronze coin weight for a half Ecu. The weight is square in plan. It is uniface, depicting a sun in shield design with a crown above. The weight is a dull copper-brown in colour. It is 10.70mm by 10.75mm, is 1.59mm thick and weighs 1.15 grams. This type of weight is an English or French weight for the French ecu au soleil and the half ecu, which were issued after 1475. In 1525 the ecu was current in England for four shillings. See Withers (1995) 'Lions, Ships and Angels. Identifying coin-weights found in Britain' page 39.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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