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Description: | Copper alloy coin weight. A circular, uniface weight for the Ryal (a gold denomination). The weight shows a ship with a rose on the hull (indicating that this is for the Ryal), a lion above the prow and a lis above the stern. The image is similar to that which appears on the actual coin. Such weights were used to check that coins offered in payment or for exchange were the proper weight.Date: Late medieval to early post medieval - 15th to 16th centuries.See P and B R Withers, 1995, "Lions, Ships and Angels", p. 18Dimensions: 17.66 mm (diameter) x 3.74 mm (thickness)Weight: 6.36 g
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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